MP Mbale Municipality MP Jack Wamanga Wamayi supported Alaso saying the labeling of Ugandans as rebels is not in Serere alone but in the entire country where people live in fear and panic for the unnecessary arrests going on after the general elections. Wamanga says the minister of Internal Affairs should also explain why there is army, police and other security agencies camping at Kololo Air ceremonial Grounds.

The Minister of Internal Affairs Rose Akol promises to engage the security personnel to investigate the allegations of framing and aligning people to rebel activities.

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This was after interfacing with a group of people claiming to have lost their relatives petitioned parliament asking for its intervention into the matter.

The group led by one Boaz Idiidi also wants to be given the land where the church was built.

The acting committee chairperson Peter Eriaku described as unfortunate the fact that after 12 years government has not come out with a report on the incident.

He says information received from the petitioners indicating that Kibwetere was last seen at Ishasha at the Uganda –Congo boarder may be useful to the security agencies.

In 2000 about 1000 followers of the cult group led by Joseph Kibwetere of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments perished in an inferno in Kanungu.

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Human rights reports have been indicating that the security agencies in Uganda have been taking a centre stage in human rights violations in Uganda. But this evening President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Col. Stephen Basaliza, a soldier as one of the commissioners of the Uganda Human Rights Commission.

The colonel would be assisted by Violet Akurut Adome. According to sources in statehouse, Akurut and Col. Basaliza are expected to boost the capacity of the Human Rights Commission in Kampala.

The commission has had no commissioners for the last two years. The new commissioners were sworn in on Friday by the Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki. Basaliza has served in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces as Director of Human Rights from 2007 to 2010 and in the Ministry of Defence from 1997 to 2001. He also served as MP in Uganda parliament for Burahya constituency (2001 – 2006) while Akurut was a Coordinator with the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).

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Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has reportedly recruited youth with a purpose of burning markets, parishes of kingdoms and other places of public interest.

The security agencies also allege that FDC has recruited youth who are undergoing a military training in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim of the garrison being trained in DRC is to over throw president Museveni’s government.

Security minister Muluri Mukasa says that the security network has continued to receive intelligence reports indicating that FDC has been and is still nursing plans of over throwing Kampala government by use of arms and to burn markets.

Currently the government is holding several people in connection with plans to form rebel groups that will fight to over throw NRM government.   However Judith Akello, the MP for Agago says that FDC is a political party in Uganda which doesn’t believe in violence as a means to change government.

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The Uganda Government is already prepared for Al Shabaab. Uganda’s security agencies are all on high security alert. A source in the Military told us that Uganda’s army, the UPDF has already passed out 180 crime preventers to beef up the security in taxi and bus terminals.

Kampala Metropolitan Police commander, Andrew Kaweesi says that the police working with other security agencies have beefed up security at bus terminals and taxi parks.

The managers of taxi and bus parks have been instructed by the police to conduct compulsory security checks on travelers before them board buses and taxis. Suspected Al Shabaab fighters last attacked Uganda on July 11^th 2010.

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Security agencies in Kampala are reportedly spying on Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home in Kasangati, in Kampala, headquarters of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Besigye’s up country home in Rukungiri. Besigye is the president general of FDC and he has contested for president thrice and lost the polls.

A source in security tells us that the cameras were installed five years back. The Vice president of FDC, Salaam Musumba says that FDC and Besigye are aware that UPDF and other security agencies are spying on them.

She says that the surveillance on Besigye’s home and FDC villas is now an open secret among Ugandans. Musumba however says that this invades peoples rights to privacy. Musumba further urges Uganda’s security agencies to leave Besigye and other opposition politicians in peace.

Police spokesman Asuman Mugyenyi however says he is not aware about the presence of spy cameras at Besigye’s home.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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The KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and other council technical officers failed to block his swearing in ceremony.

Kidandala was sworn in amidst heavy police deployment and harassing of his supporters by the government security agencies.

The Kampala DPC, Norman Musinga commandeered the police officers who blocked most of Kidandala’s supporters from accessing city hall.

Kidandala was appointed the Kampala Capital City Authority Deputy Lord Mayor by the Lord Mayor of Kampala, Alhaji Erias Kidandala in October this year.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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A case in which journalists protested brutal attacks by police and other security  agencies had been fixed for hearing on  December 9th 2011 at 9 00am local time at the Commission premises on Buganda Road. The complainants received summons for the slated date.

In 2007, journalists  including Sam Kayiwa working with Power FM, Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala formerly working with Radio Sapientia and Ssemakula Richard formerly working with Bukedde newspaper among others went to the Commission tribunal demanding for investigation into the violations against journalists’ press freedoms and rights. They also urged the Commission to take punitive measures against culprits including compensation for the victims.

The journalists alleged in their complaint that while covering both treason and murder trials of the opposition leader for Forum for Democratic Changes (FDC) Dr. Kizza Besigye and  the 13 Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects at high court in Kampala and Bushenyi, security forces besieged court and in an attempt to re-arrest the suspects who had been granted  bail, most journalists were beaten, their equipment and valuable items like money were  compulsorily confiscated and others were blocked from accessing  the court premises.

A complaint file UHRC 52/2007 was opened against the Attorney General for violations of freedoms and rights of the affected journalists.

Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) has discovered that the matter was not cause listed for the said session and the witnesses were erroneously summoned to appear before the tribunal on the stated date because the file was allegedly not allocated to a particular Commissioner at the Human Rights court.

Officials at the commission told HRNJ-Uganda that the summoned journalists will have to wait until the next Tribunal sittings which are slated for February 2012.

“This has come way too late when memories of the victims and the general public to whom the media reports to are fading away.  However, it is still not too late for the Commission to deliver justice to the victims.  Most of the perpetrators have since been transferred or have earned promotions within the security forces, but we pray and hope that this will not act in their favor or jeopardize the proceedings.

By Isaac Senabulya

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