ugnet_: Legislators Condemn Arrest of Besigye Supporters

[Matekopoko]

EM:

let me pick your brain a little bit!

Now that Yoweri Museveni's NRM is arresting and torturing supporters of the so called Reform Agenda left right and center, what, if I may ask, are the representative Reform Agenda (some of whom are station here in Washington, DC) doing about it?

What is Kizza Bwesige(and all those noise makers in the RA) doing about it?  Should we say, Reform Agenda simply deceived Ugandans, now that some Ugandans have decided to follow the Reform people, and are being tortured as a consequence, there is pretty much  nothing the  Reform Agenda people can do ..or is there?

Matek



Legislators Condemn Arrest of Besigye Supporters


New Vision (Kampala)

February 13, 2003
Posted to the web February 13, 2003

Felix Osike And Okello Jabweli
Kampala

ON their first sitting after the Christmas recess, members of Parliament yesterday condemned arrests of civilians believed to have links with Reform Agenda (RA), a political pressure group.

Four MPs, Maj. John Kazoora, Geoffrey Ekanya, Michael Mabikke and Issa Kikungwe shocked the House with allegations that suspects were being tortured using snakes, crocodiles and termites to extract confessions of their suspected links with RA chairman, Col. Rtd Kizza Besigye.

But defence minister Amama Mbabazi denied the allegations. "This information is not available to me as a minister of defence and to us as members of the National Security Council. But obviously this is a matter we are going to investigate," Mbabazi said.

Ekanya said in the past two weeks alone, several RA activists have been rounded up, tortured and detained illegally on tramped-up charges.

"We have torture chambers in this country where private parts are opened for termites to bite. Others are tortured by crocodiles and snakes," Ekanya said.