

Uganda-Rwanda Tensions Part XII: Communique (16.09.2019)





Let me be short on the former Inspector General of Police Edward Kale Kayihura. His done enough of illicit business, oppressive behaviour and acts as an henchman or a Capo for the Don or the President to ever be vindicated. His statement today was against the United States for sanctioning him yesterday.
He literally told them: “Go Hang”. Than a whole another nonsense, which is not worthy to repeat. Unless, your National Resistance Movement (NRM) friendly media. Because, this is one of the previous loyal subjects, who followed orders from above and had a listening ear to the needs of the Head of State. So, its not like the man is innocent.
Kale can think it was bloody brilliant to answer and give a retort. That he should have gotten special treatment and been exonerated. However, all his actions over the years speaks for itself. If they ever get properly investigated or get looked into. Surely, he would answer with time and with sentences. Because, Kale has made plenty people suffer, more people hurt and taken away innocent people’s lives to serve his master. Therefore, all the sanctions are justified.
His rant is just an smear campaign back. Just like all his endless statements over the years of justification of arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, abductions and injustice done to civilians under the banner of policing. Surely, if you have followed the man a little minute. You have seen this. That why it’s no sense to drop it here. As a token of his marvellous enterprise as the IGP.
IGP Kale Kayihura is right to seek judgement, but that doesn’t mean his actions as an IGP was justified. He wants to be vindicated and have a clean slate, but kinda hard to get that with all the dirt on your fingers. Those stains doesn’t easily get washed off. Peace.

Well, it is about that time, the actions made by the United States Department of State and loyal minion of Trump, Michael Pompeo is supposed to send a message, but does it? Nah. Not so much, since his target is who he is and seemingly a fitted one. It isn’t like the former Inspector General of Police Edward Kale Kayihura of the Uganda Police Force was working in a vacuum.
Before, I tell short stories about Kayihura and his inter-connections, just look at the orders from the US:
U.S. Department of State statement: “The Department is publicly designating Kale Kayihura, the former Inspector General of the Uganda Police Force and its commanding officer from 2005-2018, under Section 7031(c) of the FY 2019 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights. Specifically, the Department has credible information that Kayihura was involved in torture and/or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, through command responsibility of the Flying Squad, a specialized unit of the Uganda Police Force that reported directly to Kayihura” (…) “These actions against Kale Kayihura underscore our concern with human rights violations and abuses in Uganda, as well as our support for accountability for those who engage in such violations and abuses. We call on the Ugandan government to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly” (Michael Pompeo – ‘Public Designation, Due to Gross Violations of Human Rights, of Kale Kayihura of Uganda’ 13..09.2019).
IGP Kale Kayihura is not a man’s record I will defend. We all who has followed politics in the Republic a hot minute. Knows what he did and have done. No denying fact how he controlled, patrolled and enforced a brutal regime upon the public. How the opposition suffered, tear-gassed, arbitrary arrests and rampant injustice from this man.
There is no opposition, no activists or anyone connected with that, whose haven’t seen the forces or the oppressive behaviour of the Police Force and its connected groups snatching people’s freedom, liberty and justice. In the snap of an finger, he could arrest, detain and await proper procedure, as he could use preventative arrests, public order management act and every other tool in the penal code. To strike at civilians and do the bidding of the head of state.
It is not like IGP Kayihura as an island. Not like his was alone on the corrupt bids. Not like he didn’t house arrests Besigye without orders. Not like he tried to sway elections, tried to rig polls and do what needed to be done. Without the mercy and the steady support of the State House. That is to naive and think he was Don. No, he was a Capo or a Caporegime. He was one in-charge of made-men in the National Resistance Movement (NRM). That is why the President let him handle stuff, because of the levels of trust.
In 2015 report:
“Kale Kayihura was responsible for jointly forwarding the information gathered using FinFisher under the Fungua Macho operation to President Museveni. A former military assistant of Museveni during the ‘Bush War’, Kayihura is widely seen as unfailingly loyal to his boss. Kayihura gained notoriety during the 2011 presidential election and the Walk to Work protests because of his brutality in crushing the protest movement. Kayihura presides over the Joint Intelligence Committee. The JIC assembles the ISO, ESO, CMI and Police. Kayihura is heavily involved in defence procurement, and has been implicated in corruption scandals. He reportedly failed to account for UGX 15 billion (US$ 4 million) while commander of the Special Revenue Protection Services between 2001 and 2006” (Privacy International Report – ‘For God and For My President: State Surveillance in Uganda P: 28, 2015)
In 2016: “Mr Museveni said: “People are attacking Kale (Kayihura), Kale has done a good job; he stopped fujo; because people wanted to bring fujo to disrupt business. If you have fujo, you will not have wealth.” (Leilah Nalubega – ‘Kayihura has done a good job, says Museveni’ 23.08.2016, Daily Monitor).
In 2017: “President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the Inspector General of Government Gen. Kale Kayihura for being a true cadre of the ruling National Resistance movement party. Presiding over the thanksgiving ceremony of the Police chief in Kisoro, the president described gen. Kayihura as a hard working officer who has sacrificed to protect its citizens” (NBS Television, 16.10.2017).
So, its not like the former IGP worked alone. He worked in tandem with the high above, the almighty and on the blessing of him. Still, its only him whose sanctioned and it is peculiar that its happening now a year after the sacking. Since, it didn’t happen while his in office and actually has the power to create the hurt. But after being released and a civilian, his sanctioned by the US Administration. If the US really cared, they should have acted when they gathered the intelligence, because Uganda is a military partner and an ally in East Africa. Therefore, it is weird that it happens now.
That its a symbolic act, as Kayihura will not care about this. It is not like the US is freezing his accounts or even trying to arrest him for human rights violations in office. They are banning him from entering the United States. Not like his going to vacate for Florida or California anytime soon.
I have never seen anything good in the acts of Kayihura, who was a political pawn, a man of scruples and who had trouble putting other peoples in harms way to show loyalty to his boss. That is why his a former Capo or Caporegime. Who went from being someone who enforced his groups on accord with the Don. Now, his not useful, that is why the US can also sanction him this late.
So in my view, the US went for the Capo, but forgot the Don. Peace.





I will not use too much time looking into the recent letter written by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. I will instead show some significant pieces of it. That settles the puzzle of who he is as an President and Head of State. Because, it shows his force and his way of governing, by mere words. That his the overlord and without question has the right to take lives. Especially, since killers are pigs, but if it wasn’t for killing himself. He wouldn’t have won his own rebellion in the 1980s. But we’re supposed to forget that, in which, makes that statement contradictory.
Before I go on a long rant… Just look at this!
“ As I told you before, these criminals are pigs. Anybody who kills people outside war is a pig. Moreover, many are stupid. They forget that all crime leaves clues and, eventually, the criminals will be captured. Up to the killing of Kaweesi, Kiggundu and Abiriga, the security infrastructure had lagged behind. You remember after those killings, I presented to Parliament a 10 points anti-crime plan on the 20th of June 2018. Although we have only partially implemented it, many of the killers in recent times have been arrested. The Masaka gang of Kiddawalime was wiped out (killed or arrested), Serugo Paul and his Syndicate in Masaka, Kanyesigye Juilius alias Mwesigye Amon in Rwizi and Kampala and the Usafi mosque criminal syndicate were neutralized” (Museveni, 10.09.2019).
I am sure that Obote, Tito Okello or anyone else he got rid of would call him a criminal or a pig over his actions. As the rebellion he used was over his own grievances. His saying certain sanctioned killings is cool, as long as they are done in the midsts of war. Even though certain criminal activity and crimes against humanity can warrant arrests, charges and sentencing at the Internal Criminal Court (ICC). Surely, the President who fears that institution, will not mention that, as he acted without question, in a brutal way in the Democratic Republic of Congo and could at one point answer for that in Hague.
Well, the other striking distinction … is how is openly saying he failed implementing the 10 point plan of June 2018. That must surely be as failing to implement as the 1986 Ten Point Programme, which he still haven’t finish. Maybe, we need to give the President another 32 years to finish of his second 10 point plan. He always needs time, while partly making things work.
Before I continue, the President had this to say as well:
“You may commit a crime, carelessly taking away the lives of others; however, you will also lose your own life. We need to make this clear to the Courts. It must be an eye for eye. Nothing less will be acceptable to the freedom fighters that I represent and the entirety of the electorate of Uganda that I represent” (Museveni, 10.09.2019).
The President will ensure that state is allowed and can shoot-to-kill before the Courts have found a verdict and said a set individual is guilty of the charges. This sort of policy is made for police states who will not answer to laws, but to enforcement itself. Killing of killers is within reason, but with the enforcement of laws and by evidence produced in the courts.
If it is directly an eye for an eye, than a stray-shot might kill another innocent civilians and anarchy will persist. Where there is no legal bound, but to carry weapons. As everyone will can do it. Instead of making changes and securing the public, these sort of acts will if it is enforced, make life very cheap. Who knows if the ones killed by law-enforced is the killer or his neighbour? Because, when your dead, your either a hero or a terrorist. In the eye of the President, the dead man would initially be a criminal pig. Even if the person shot and killed by security officials was innocent, they can frame it like yet another criminal taken-out.
This is enough for me, because, there is so much in the text that he wrote, but for me this is the standout. Which needs to be addressed, if he believes in justice. He should consider measures that secures a verdict based on evidence, affidavits and proof. Not hearsay and random picking people out and giving them a fatal punishment. Than the innocent could loose their lives, just like the lives taken by the killer. While the ones whose supposed to get sanctioned runs free, because you claim that the innocent did the evils bidding. Did he ever consider that?
Don’t think so, because he seemed focus on retaliation, more than countering injustice with justice. Which means, there is hard to strike a difference between whose the criminal and whose the law-enforcement. That should worry anyone. Peace.

A citizen died on the fatal day of 24th March 2019. An ordinary person who just happen to cross path with National Resistance Movement (NRM) Member of Parliament Aidah Nantaba. As the stories of what happened at Naggalama.
Because within mere days, it went from an assassination attempt to a murder case. Where even the state said it was an illegal killing of Robert Ssebulime that day. This was in public statements, by Police Spokesman Fred Enage on the 27th March 2019. Since then, there haven’t been much. There haven’t been any indication, that the security guard nor anyone associated with Nantaba MP would get sentenced or punished for the acts that day.
That is why the news of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mike Chibita pulled the Withdrawal Form dated to 9th September 2019 on this case, which stated that the state “discontinued proceedings against Nantaba Idah Erios”. It states in black-and-white, that the state will not pursuit justice in this matter. The death of Robert is silenced. The illegal killing of the security guards of the MPs doesn’t matter. It matters to the remaining family of Robert, his kids and their future, but it doesn’t have consequences, that they took his life early.
You can say its procedure, that its like this when the Police Force haven’t collected enough affidavit, enough evidence or proactively investigated the case. However, there are plenty more political cases that has run for years. That has been producing court dates and continued indefinitely. Even when the state haven’t produced or tried to dismiss their own case. This being the plenty of Walk-to-Work charges, the campaign related charges and mere magical stones of Arua. No one is answering for or getting the punishment for shooting and killing the driver of Bobi Wine in Arua. They are continuing like a sore thumb to the ones involved, while the ones hurt by these actions made. Are still not answered for as well, just like Robert. They are just resting in peace and no one is sentenced for silencing them.
At this mere junction, there is two states within the state. An elite who can use force, enforce death and get away with it. While the others can be arrested, detained and killed without any justification. The MPs, the NRM high-ranking officials are above the law and has all the power to seal people’s life or death. But the others are lucky to be in the Republic breathing. Since, there is no mercy, is no law or no law-enforcement that is there for them.
Aidah Nantaba MP have proven that. Robert has no voice, has no system to get proper answer for his case. It is withdrawn as his breath, his life and his memory isn’t worth a damn. While the MP can live scotch free, while she was overseeing the most valuable asset Robert had, his own life, which he cannot get back. This could be taken away, but nobody is answering for the taking of it.
The ghost of Robert will now always follow Nantaba MP. She has a victim who will follow her and until he get justice. He will be there and never get rest. Because, his family and his soul deserves to get justified relief. Instead, the government are shielding its own, like the upper-class who is above us other mere mortals. Peace.


