Pulkol Warns of War
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The Monitor (Kampala)
December 14, 2002
Posted to the web December 14, 2002
Emma Mutaizibwa
Kampala
The chief of the External Security Organisation (ESO) David Pulkol has warned
of a war plan masterminded by the former presidential candidate Col. Kizza
Besigye.
"Of course, we know that he has been preparing cocktails with the other
groups. They have been meeting day in day out to hatch plans of the attack,"
the spy chief said.
"Let him (Besigye) not feel stuck. Let him come back to his conscience and
denounce the idea of war," Pulkol said.
Pulkol was addressing MPs during a seminar on peace, and conflict management
at Parliament.
Besigye, the chairman of Reform Agenda, was last week quoted as saying the
conditions are ripe for the use of warfare to get rid of President Yoweri
Museveni's government.
"We in the intelligence know that war drums are going on. They want to lure
the public by misrepresentation of the government. It's the lust for power
they are after, so the public must be warned," he said.
Pulkol however said the government is still willing to talk to Besigye to
avert a possible war crisis.
"We are ready to talk to him before he can put the country to flames," he
said.
Gulu Municipality MP Norbert Mao earlier on said government should not use
Besigye and James Opoka as scapegoats for the insurgency in northern Uganda.
Christopher Kibanzanga (Busongora North) said government created Besigye and
should therefore address his demands.
But Henry Basaliza (Fort Portal Municipality) said it is as a result of lack
of nationalism that the likes of Besigye are thinking of warfare against the
state.
