Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mr. Mujungu,Oh, poor U! We need to something about those pesky foreigners. Know what? Now they are out there tarning Uganda's holly name, this time in international courts. See below:
By Dick Nvule Tuesday, 19 April 2005
Government is to spend over 500 million shillings on two international cases, State Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Adolf Mwesigye has said.
Appearing before Parliaments Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Adolf said the first case is currently being heard at The Hague where Uganda is alleged to have plundered DR Congo’s wealth during “Operation safe Haven”.
Mwesigye says the second case is at the International Criminal Court which is hearing a case against LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony.
He says offices for this court have already been set up.
======Mbu simanyi, the UN has the ink on Kazini, Salim Saleh, Jeje, Joviah, and an assortment of other characters. The goodthing is that Our Man the Intrepid Ofwono Spokesman Per excellence is out of it. Any see the rumors at:Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2001/357)DR of Congo: UN panel on illegal exploitation of resources gets new 6-month mandate
For the Full 59-Page Security Council Report S/202/1146 click on the language of your choice at:As for that Kony chap, Museveni has had to despatch government lawayers to the international courts to defend Kony who is charged with crimes against humanity -- all at pizanti taxpayer cost. There are several problems, not the least of which the mountains of credible evidence. Soooo, when did Museveni jump in bed with Kony?One also hears persistent rumbles about the brutal murder of Kainerugaba's Motoro mother ... and about Uganda's complicity in the downing of the plane that killed two presidents setting off a genocidal orgy in Rwanda ...By the way, many moons ago the government of kenya used to harrass 3 MPs who were dubbed "The Three Bearded Sisters". Funny thing was, everytime they were thrown into jail on some pretext, they were lionized and their popularity soared.Do you think Kaguta's son will find himself in a similar position?
Johnson Mujungu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:© 2005 The Monitor Publications Ltd.
By Lominda Afedraru, Peter Nyanzi, Emmanuel Gyezaho & Lydia Mukisa COURT — Two Members of Parliament were yesterday charged with murder and sent on remand at Luzira Prisons.
Mr Reagan Okumu (Aswa County), also the deputy executive co-ordinator of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Mr Micheal Nyeko Ocula (Kilak County) are accused of murdering Alfred Bongomin on February 12, 2002 at Pabbo in Gulu district.
But opposition colleagues and their lawyer said the charges were politically motivated.
“To me this is a case of political intimidation,” lawyer Peter Walubiri said adding, “The government and President Yoweri Museveni have been forced to the wall and are resorting to these kinds of tactics.”
Okumu and Ocula appeared in the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates’ Court at 4.45 p.m.
The Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Baguma, did not allow them to enter any plea.
“This is a capital offence and this court has no jurisdiction to hear your plea,” he said. “You will apply for bail at the High Court if you want....”
The Magistrate said the two MPs would reappear in court tomorrow.
Outside the courtroom, Okumu kept smiling and talking to a host of sympathisers who included 10 opposition MPs. He told his colleagues and journalists that these were the “birth pangs of democracy.”
Okumu also warned that his colleagues in the opposition to prepare themselves for such arrests.
Ocula looked depressed as he waited to be transferred to Luzira.
The two MPs are jointly charged with Mr Steven Otim Olanya, an LC I chairman of Green Valley Sub Ward in Gulu, Mr Oc han Layang of Ayeri and Mr David Ocheng, a local councillor in the same district.
The three men were separately charged on April 6 before the same court and remanded at Luzira.
The Prosecution led by Ms Jane Kajuga told Court that investigations into the matter were not complete.
The 10 opposition MPs looked on helplessly as their colleagues were whisked away to Luzira in a police pick-up truck.
Ms Salaam Busumba (Bugabula South) described the incident as “an action of the mafia” intended to intimidate the opposition.
“This government has been forced on the wall,” she said. “It will resort to all tactics to intimidate us.”
Musumba said opposition MPs are aware that their charge sheets have already been written.
The angry MP said former LRA commanders like Steven Banya and Brig. Sam Kolo are free birds yet people like Ocula and Okumu are being arrested on trumped-up charges.
“It is really a shame,” she said. “This is a very disastrous development because for me my interpretation is that Acholi will die everywhere, from Kampala they die of the bad roads, in Gulu, Kony is killing them its not fair.”
Mr Norbert Mao (Gulu Municipality) said, “As a matter of protest, we are going to boycott Parliament. Can you imagine the Speaker even advised Reagan to go to the police?”
Mr Martin Wandera (Workers) said it was extremely regrettable though its no surprise “because this administration has demonstrated how callous it can be.”
He added: “For government to behave in a manner that made some of the people go to the bush is extremely unfortunate. To use the justice system to harass the opposition is extremely unfortunate.”
Walubiri who represents the duo said it was irregular that police wrote a letter through the Speaker and it (letter) was not given to the MPs in time.
He said the Speaker adjourned the House prematurely without any notice. “Let me hope he was not a party to the whole th ing,” Walubiri said.
He said it was also irregular that the MPs reported to the CID headquarters and were immediately rushed to court, charged and remanded.
“I think this is highly irregular. Ordinarily members of Parliament ought not to be subjected to this kind of process,” he said.
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