The Mengo establishment has supported a recent petition lodged with The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), seeking the indictment of President Museveni over the September 2009 riot killings in Kampala and parts of Buganda.
The petition was filed last week by youths affiliated to the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC). Under The Hague-based ICC’s complementality principle, it can only intervene if there are no national proceedings against those responsible for the crimes.
The youths in their petition want President Museveni and two other senior Army officials indicted for the killing of “42 people” during the September riots. Government’s official account put the number of fatalities at 27.
Charles Peter Mayiga, Mengo’s minister for Information, told The Observer that the ICC petition was needed, if anything, to re-affirm that people’s rights should not be trampled upon by an authoritarian regime.
“We are very keen on matters of human rights so we support anybody who comes up to defend them like the youths have done by going to the ICC,” Mayiga said.
He added that probably an ICC investigation would bring out the truth and clear the air as to whether the riots were instigated by Mengo as the central government has often alleged or not.
Asked whether Mengo had made an input in the petition, Mayiga said no, although some members of Nkobazambogo, a youth organisation linked to Mengo, were part of the group that drafted it.
The deputy Attorney General, Fred Ruhindi, said he could not comment about the petition because he had not looked at it. Moses Adriko, a former president of the Uganda Law Society said he did not think the petition will materialize into anything.
“I know that the court [ICC] has no jurisdiction to hear some of those charges,” he told The Observer. He added that had it been genocide or war crimes, probably the court would have listened.
The September killings were triggered by government’s refusal to allow Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi to tour Kayunga District, a region constitutionally under his jurisdiction.
In retaliation, some angry people, mainly youths in several urban areas of Buganda, rioted for three days, destroying property and assaulting some people. The main battleground was in Kampala where the Police and other security agencies first fired teargas at the rioters before resorting to live bullets.
Up to 800 youths were arrested and some media houses, including Buganda’s CBS radio, switched off air for allegedly instigating the violence. Other affected media houses - Radio Sapientia, Ssuubi FM and Akaboozi Ku Bbiri - have since been re-opened, but CBS remains off air.
The government preferred terrorism charges against some of the suspects, particularly those linked to the burning of Nateete Police Station, meaning they are still serving the mandatory 180 days on remand.
Relations between Mengo and the central government have dipped since the riots despite the fact that President Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Mutebi met soon after to calm the tensions.
Mengo recently threatened to evict the government from the Kigo Prison land unless it is given Shs 18 billion by the state as compensation, for illegally occupying the land, a matter that has since been contested in court.
The ICC is expected to respond to the petition before the end of this week. Francis Mwijukye, one of the architects and a signatory to the petition, told us that they had gotten confirmation from The Hague that the matter would be looked into and a preliminary response given before the end of the week.
“Our envoy who delivered the petition to the ICC has made contact with [Luis Moreno] Ocampo (the prosecutor) who has assured him that he will get back to us,” Mwijukye told The Observer last week.
Ocampo is the Prosecutor of the ICC, whose duty it is to prosecute individuals suspected of committing genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crime of aggression.
President Museveni, the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, and the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, are the petitioners’ main targets.
In the petition, the youths claim that the three individuals ordered the security forces to “shoot to kill or maim” the rioters. They are alleged to have ordered the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians.
The petition states that the trio showed neither remorse nor regret over the deaths. According to Mwijukye, the petition serves to show that no Ugandan is above the law, and to warn security and military officers against misusing their authority.
Mwijukye added that the petitioners hope that if their petition is successfully investigated, it will act as a blueprint for security officials and political leaders’ conduct in the run-up to the 2011 elections.
“Time is up for those who have been acting arrogantly and calling upon the Police to shoot to maim,” he said. The petition is also copied to the United States Congress, the United Nations Security Council, the African Union, and the East African Community.
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Wasting time written by John Aruma , March 10, 2010
Thank you for this thought and process, but believe you are wasting time. These fellows in Hague will do nothing. Why don't you begin mobilizing the youth, the uneducated, the women and the lumpens allover the country to vote against this guy who has outlived his usefulness.
It can be done. Kenyans did it and they were just cheated of victory. All you have to do is mobilize early enough in all corners of the country and sway all the vote. he will have to go.
Ok guys written by Fred - Makindye , March 11, 2010
Oh poor boys, you could be having a point but the ICC will consult and indeed if it does, you may lose out because indeed the youth are to blame for all the fracas. My sister was beaten by the youth who set up roadblock near Nakulabye. She was not beaten by Police but you boys from wherever.
You must be very careful as you take some of these steps because they instead weaken you. We the people know, we were harrassed more by the youths at Kisekka nad Old Park before Police came in to help.
Oh FDC, the good thing is that you have proved bad to us and you will never win an election....no matter what. You're just a chaotic lot of people who will do anything to get what you want. Nemutamanya nti ffe twakoowa.
Lack of advise written by Sande - Makerere Law student , March 11, 2010
Guys who advised you? Thats a loss. You cannot win. Pity! Go ahead so that you lose that one too. FDC never gets to learn from all the losses. Whoever is your legal advisor is a real "dude". In any case you're the criminals.
Kale laba bano written by Namalwa Susan - Sweden , March 11, 2010
Good step. I wonder how Mengo could jump on this band wagon. It has a very weak base. We have worse situations in Uganda where more lives have been lost than those of Sept. One wonders. Its a Court of Justice, it will catch uo with you. But FDC is used to failure nothing new.
Please written by Samuel - Toronto. , March 11, 2010
Take care, thats how DPs problems started. Spending all time in legal battles instead of mobilising people to vote for you. With FDC it has specialised in riots and now court battles. It will hurt your credibility. Take care folks, elections are just round the corner.
Am not suprised ! The earlier the better. written by MABO , March 11, 2010
Am impressed by the backing mengo gives to ICC petition. If that is what will please or emancipate mengo,let them go ahead. However my own opinion about this is that the leaders at mengo are slowly sliding into a trap or black hole with out notice. If, as they demand for ICC to intervene. Suppose it comes out tht the directors or share holders of CBS & mengo leadership have to go also & testify or stand trial? wht will happen? Remember the defence counsel(lawyer) my want some one(or many) from CBS or mengo leaders for cross examination! That is whn mengo will get goose pimple & regret its current decision!! Remember the law is "blind"! Since mengo seems to respect or believe in foreign courts, i pray tht they will not point fingers this time. I will be even eager if mengo issues a press statement endorsing this petition now. So tht the same leaders(e.g Owek. Mayiga quoted above) do not deny whn things get hot during court proceedings as they did regard regional tier. Please Mr Kiggundu keep us informed abt this bcoz we also have been listening & know & heard wht went wrong. We shall want all audio & video recordings spaning 2 or 4 yrs & talk shows & mengo civic rallies on land bill etc and all meetings(minutes) held btn CBS bosses & broadcasting council,lukiiko proceedings,songs,seminars,conferences,culural gatherings etc. Then the defence team will decipher them chronologically. Then the "linen" of mengo & govt will be "washed" at the ICC as mengo wishes. Then the public(local & foreign) will know who really had the "most-dirty-stuff"! Let God make me live to see this day. Then the ego & posturing(by mengo leaders & their radical activists-"buganda nationalism" using superiority overtures will sacle down. We the progressives & non feudelistic are fed up wth secterian & divisive sentiments. My opinion is tht regional aspiration shld not undermine national unity & interest. The good thing is tht both are mutually inclusive though some leaders propagate the idea tht they are mutually exclusive(shame!). For God & my country.
At last written by Eric Kakoole , March 11, 2010
I do not know whether the west will act in defence of our rights because that has never happened. But I am sure, a message has been sent. We are not docile people, we are not forgetting the crimes against humanity being committed. Some day somehow, someone will have to pay at the watch of our eyes, in our life time.
... written by Vincent Kiwanuka , March 11, 2010
Fine, 42or 27 people were killed but that is not a case for the ICC. Petitioners would have been advised otherwise
Will you read properly please written by Gowon , March 11, 2010
Fred - Makindye, Sande - Makerere Law student, Namalwa Susan - Sweden, and Samuel - Toronto why can't you even read correctly:
It is clear up there that ..."The petition was filed last week by youths affiliated to the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC)", but not FDC. And yet some are claiming to be law student. Are you so dense we pray you fail your qualifying exams less you make very poor corrupt lawyer? You guys are really misrepresenting Uganda out there… poor chaps.
Mabo written by Miles , March 11, 2010
I wish some day that so called Mabo could give us his real names and put him into our black books. He tends to be knowing so much, and at times he writes rubbish showing the hatred he has for the Buganda kingdom.
Actually we have seen all these Mabos, they've talked about the kingdom and at the end their favorite governments are no more. He should try limit his words and his hatred to Buganda because we shall forever be what we are and we ready to fight for that at any cost.
Sabasajja Kabaka awangale.
IGNORANT MABO ! written by Juma Kato , March 11, 2010
MABO , never fails to show how ignorant he is . Mengo has not taken the government to the ICC . Mengo , like any other responsible institution has an obligation to see that there is law and order in the country .
Mayiga , as an Officer of the court - an advocate- is doing the right thing when he says that going to court is better than heading to the bush , as some people prefer saying .
If or when Mengo is called in to be " cross-examined " it will be ready . This will open the door for more evidence to come into it . Generals will be quoted . Statements about Kony war will come in . What Uganda did in Rwanda and Congo will come it .
Mengo will prove that other Radios , TV channels , and Newpepers have made statements that can incite violence and disharmony . In fact , Mengo has always wanted to have its day in court . If anybody , even the Kabaka ,issues statements calling for a genocide against a group of Ugandans , you dont just close the radio , you take them to court .
This is a very good step written by Stephen Kakooza , March 11, 2010
I wish to tell all those doubting thomases that this is a right step and it does not deter any one to take another route. Nobody should think that those who seek redress by courts of justice are weak.
If peace fails then violence will remain the only alternative, but now it is very clear that we have tried all our level best to avert a war to overthrow these dictators.
If things turn out into a another war, at least the world would be aware that there were warning signals.
... written by Nakabungo , March 11, 2010
The people who commited human rights abuse against unarmed civillians will one day have to answer for their crimes.Maybe this petition will yield nothing but be sure that one day it will happen.even Charles taylor used to laugh at any suggetion of him being sent to The Hague but now he is no longer laughing!
GUYS MOBILISE VOTERS! written by Bazibu , March 11, 2010
To all opposition mobilisers, do not waste time in court case even demos. what you have to do is just going to the villages educate, enlight the young, old etc on how the regime is a failure.
mobilize them to come out & vote against it in large numbers when the time comes and important get the youth & womwn to gurd the votes.above all work for a single unified opposition force. less this approach you will never see the back of these chaps.
What kind of lawyer is Charles Mayiga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! written by Vincent , March 11, 2010
My learned friend Charles Mayiga is either ignorant of the Rome Statute that set up the ICC or he is deliberately misleading those who seek his counsel.
He should know that the September riots that led to the death of 42 people cannot amount to crimes that are prosecuted by the ICC.According to the Rome Statute, the ICC only handles cases of genocide, crimes aganist humanity and war crimes and by their definition,the September riots and the resultant deaths do not fall under these categories.
Those seeking for justice have to make use of the local courts as these crimes committed a simply murder and are actionable under Ugandan law and not international law. My dear learned friend, pliz dont seek to be a professional just because you want to please the Kabaka and his subjects.
The Solution Is simple written by Ddamulira , March 11, 2010
Nothing good is going to come out of your parasitic imposition on us. ICC or not, the prognosis is very bad because we are extremely fed up.
Try written by Jude , March 11, 2010
I personally believe that this process may not yield much but I encourage the youth to proceed. What has however surprised me is the inhuman heart hosted by some of the Museveni sycophants.
The riots were bad as we all agree. However, there some questions to which any right thinking person must seek an answer. What caused the riots? and couldn't that be averted?
who killed the civilians? were they killed by the rioters or by the security group? were the people who were killed rioting or innocent people were killed? Wasn't there any other way to overcome the riot than using live bullets?
Before any one posts his/her opinion and blame FDC for going to court, we must all condemn the acts of violence by the rioters, condemn the use of excessive force on rioters, the denial of the Kabaka to visit part of his constitution territory. Finally some people think that Museveni is immortal and his regime is to be here for ever!
wasting time written by hamada mulumba , March 11, 2010
why do you waste time on silly things.the youth are being used by FDC and Mengo. I think they have exhuasted all other avenues and now are going to ICC.for what?
Did m7 attack natete police station? did m7 burn buses, did M7 call poeple on radio to put on jeans and jackets to protect the kabaka or did he ask people if the they were Baganda or not? who killed the other.thanks to m7 if it was adifferent person the migty kabaka would be in jail now.let them go ahead but will be defeated flat....
Why Now written by john.b , March 11, 2010
Museveni should have been indicted ages ago for the 1986 bush war massacres in Luwero and Acholi land.why is the ICC acting now?is it b'se we got oil
... written by Jim Kamezza , March 11, 2010
Mengo and Buganda have been denied justice in Uganda trying all peaceful means possible is not , but for how long ?
Can Buganda and Kabaka be hostage to m7 , CBS case has been thrown out court when it is evident its not Kabaka who wants CBS but the people? the malicious
NO WIN FOR MENGO. written by Solomon , March 11, 2010
I don't think mengo will win this case,in actual sense mengo is the one to be blamed for the september riots,you people should have humbled your selves and continue with talks
i don't think the central government is also sleeping...mengo's legal advisers are fake,after all who doesn't know that mengo issues are being used as a stepping stone for others better watch out,the ICC won't help,MENGO WILL KEEP ON LOOSING.
Strange written by Saul , March 11, 2010
I am surprised by some of the comments here. Rereading the message, I did not see how you people brought in FDC?
I think you need to read the story and delink it from what is in your minds. Lastly, dictatorships are fought on many fronts. Let everyone do what they can. Do not just sit there to criticize other people's attempts.
Saul
... written by Moses Lumu , March 11, 2010
Well,here we go again.There was a time when right thinking Ugandans told Mengo to tread carefully with the son of Kaguta but all they used to say was that the son of Kaguta is the best thing Uganda has ever been blessed with.
When it came to Ebyaffe they used to brag that katono okayana kali mu nkwawa.Now,where is the Katono?.The katono is now kibooko,teargas and AK47.How times has changed.
mr written by ahabweh , March 11, 2010
To hell with Mengo and its self-centered feudal leaders.
It's symbolic. written by Pyati Sololo , March 11, 2010
The petition to the International Criminal Court may not have any effect on Museveni & Co., but its symbolism cannot be ignored.
Tax payers in the West who have propped Museveni's regime for the last 24 years should now get to know that all is not well with their "new beacon of hope" and "one of the new breed of African leaders" read despots!The negative international press that will follow this petition is the last thing Museveni wants.
THIS IS INDEED A LEGAL JOYRIDE. written by DAVID , March 11, 2010
Mengo in alliance with its incognizant partisan flunkeys have at last decided to take their legal melodrama to greater heights,this time to the international judicature.
The short-circuiting of Uganda's legalities notwithstanding,this case that's rather brought up in bad faith is over-stretched or exaggerated and thus doesn't meet the ICC's threshold for crimes against humanity.
If iam to give them the benefit-of-doubt about the purported crime(s) of the trio,these Mengo-FDC chaps who hastily dashed to the ICC for legal redress ignored the fact that the ICC is a subsidiary of national courts which enjoy priority jurisdiction.
These fellas have a weird argument that the ICC is "superior and can hence run roughshod on the national courts",which notion really doesn't hold up.
Due to their bulimia,these culturo-politico-legal winos have decided to suspend their intellect and thus embarass themselves before the international judicature forgetting the Latin phrase,"Ignorantia juris non excusat" meaning that,"Ignorance of the law doesn't excuse"!!!!!
Does anything to do with Mengo sell? written by MUkisa , March 11, 2010
You need to plant more trees, plant trees, more trees than try to get headlines that can sell a paper.We dont want another Bududa in Buganda.
Encourage pple to plant trees, encourage people to use pressure cookers they can get them on loan. Otherwise our forest cover is being destroyed at a very high rate. Govt can assist public servants to get gas cookers.
Its possible. Off course get born again the world is coming to an end. HAIT, chile, Turkey, Bududa are not coincidences. No one will harvest this world.
Not a bad step, but won't shake the criminals. written by Muzirango Mwanje Ishengoma , March 11, 2010
Listen Ugandans,
Museveni in his own words said: "kwota pini egendamu na nnyondo era mujijamu na nyondo", which tranlates in english that: "a quarter pin is engaged with a hammer and therefore can only be dilodged with a hammer".
My observation is if Mmengo plays its cards right, it commands a lot of will power with a potential to remove that stubborn quarter pin. Crying out to ICC is of less or no significance at all.
Just to remind ourselves: what significance did DP/ Paul Kawanga SSemogerere's black book play after the fall of Apollo Milton Obote's regime? None if you ask me.
Practical actions (like educating the King's subjects about the need to vote wisely)would be good for starters.
Please Mmengo stop flickering in your leadership. The anger exihibited by the Kabaka's subjects as a result of M7/ govt. decision and actions in september 2009 was only a tester of the force the hammers can wield.
Awangaale Sabasajja Kabaka...
Mr written by kabayekka , March 11, 2010
Unfortunately where the UPC is concerned, the issue of human rights in Uganda is a Pan African dream gone wrong.
One wants to agree that a killer can take to court a murderer. The ICC case still cannot solve the major border disagreements of the 1900 Buganda Agreement that formulated the Autonomous Central State of Buganda. And there are no political party in Uganda as well that is willing to do that. Olwoya lwomunyindo.........
It is a criminal gov't written by Jeremiah Kaaya , March 11, 2010
Lots of words will not make it either right or wrong. MABO, you can't intimidate every one, you are simply part of the criminals by way of your utterings.
Your dear President, the one you can defend at the cost of your child, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, David Tinyefuza, Aronda Nyakairima, and Kale Kayihura Will surely pay for their crimes.
It is not Mengo that is divisive, it is the gov't that is tired and clearly warn out. It is Kimeze, a military serving officer who threatened to beat up the Baganda should they step in Kayunga. Being a Muganda, do i need a visa to go to Bunyoro?
Mr. MABO, your gov't is tribalistic, i have never seen any nationalistic ideas in them. The clock is ticking and you are slowly getting into panick.
Hogwash! written by Kyakabale , March 12, 2010
How many people have been killed in Acholi, Lango, Teso etc under Museveni's watch, and Mengo never even sent a condolence message to these communities?
It is this kind of thinking that makes every other part of Uganda look at Mengo, and its zealots with suspicion. You might argue that it doesn't concern the Kingdom but can't people in Mengo understand that they can never make any meaningful headway with their demands, as long as they continue to portray themselves as superior, selfish, pro-colonial or anti-Ugandans, as they have exhibited since the colonisation of Uganda.
Waste your time, the ICC is just a puppet of the West, meant to persecute struggling developing world leaders while the likes of real dictators like Museveni, Bush, Blair, will never be arraigned in this court!
... written by lule , March 12, 2010
I have read the different responses form different people and have realised that the comments that are made by some are not comments that concern the article and its contents but rather the contents of what these people feel and the dislike they have of FDC, Mengo of Museveni.
It will be good if the readers who write comments kept within the context of the article and actually take time to understand the articles. It is really unfair to readers when you make a comment that is ouf of the context of the article.
... written by Jim Kamezza , March 12, 2010
Get the youth ready for challenge , Uganda can now afford 2 years of civil WAR to get lasting peace and get rid of the parasitic regime of NRM , where education is now useless parents must think of saving money for war and invest in future
A Sign of Civilisation Shown by Youth Human Rights written by Moses Okello , March 12, 2010
People should know that applying for arrest warrants for Ugandan government and army officials is a tremendous idea. Our people should be educated that: You or others could apply to a court for an arrest warrant when these officials travel to the US, UK or the EU, but you would need to have the entire evidence ready (affidavits from victims and from human rights organisations like Amnesty International). TORTURE is the strongest grounds for arrest warrant, as most countries have incorporated the UN Convention Against Torture 1984 into their domestic legislation and it has a universal jurisdiction. It is easier to prove that someone was tortured than in murder cases, where the victims are dead and witnesses may be few or non-existent!
You could perhaps get the assistance of Amnesty International to bring a legal case for an arrest warrant. You have liaison with Amnesty International with authenticated evidence at your disposal. These guys can be arrested in any of the countries mentioned above.
What kind of written by Juma Kato , March 12, 2010
Mayega is a fine successful young lawyer . We all know that .Read things carefully , Vincent : HE only said that if there are some people who want to take the government to ICC, they should be supported to do so . He did not say that ICC will take the case neither did he state that its Mengo that is taking matters to ICC.
What kind of written by Juma Kato , March 12, 2010
Mayega is a fine successful young lawyer . We all know that .Read things carefully , Vincent : HE only said that if there are some people who want to take the government to ICC, they should be supported to do so . He did not say that ICC will take the case neither did he state that its Mengo that is taking matters to ICC.
Answer to Youth Petition to the ICC written by Moses Okello , March 12, 2010
Continue...Answers to the Youth for Human Rights: Neither referrals, whether by a State Party or the UN Security Council, nor private communications automatically "trigger" the powers of the Prosecutor. In all cases the OTP must first conduct an analysis of information in order to determine whether the statutory threshold to start an investigation is met: there must be “a reasonable basis to proceed”.
Where the Prosecutor receives a referral, Article 53 provides that the Prosecutor shall initiate an investigation unless he determines that there is no reasonable basis to proceed under the Rome Statute. However, when the Prosecutor receives a communication, the test is the same but the starting point is reversed: the Prosecutor shall not seek to initiate an investigation unless he first concludes that there is a reasonable basis to proceed. Once a decision to initiate an investigation is taken, senders of related communications are promptly informed of the decision, with reasons for the decision. Content of information sent to the Office The Statute does not specify what the communication should contain. The Office analyses all communications received and the extent of the analysis is affected by the detail and substantive nature of the information available. If the available information does not provide sufficient guidance for an analysis that could lead to a determination that there is a reasonable basis to proceed, the analysis is concluded and the sender informed. This decision is provisional and may be revised in the event that new information is forthcoming.
Are Uganda becoming corrupt minded? written by Moses Okello , March 12, 2010
It is understandable that the emotions of our people, that is why human societies have found that there are quite a lot of fundamentalists who have moved towards to suppressing egotist cess.
The heart’s restrictions often add new display in the inconsistency of choice.
Our people, shouldn‘t be blamed but advised and sensitized or exposed to all civic lessons.
At the moment you can just sense that many people in our society have possessed minds, they take long to understand, they were brainwashed something that the oppressors wants to go on like that for ever! You can't blame someone who has taken a legal avenue. It is not a matter of the defendant to decide, it is the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's Office analyses sort of communications received. The extent of the analysis is only affected by the detail and substantive nature of the information available. If the available information provide is sufficient guidance for an analysis that could lead to a determination.
The You for Human Right should be commendede to take such step rather than taking the law into their hands. In an informed society like Uganda, you will less likely to witness what you saw in Rwanda in 1995 or the Kenya 2008 post-election violance.
FUNY written by twaha muhangi , March 12, 2010
Why are you guys attacking MABO?can it be because he has touched where it hurts most.i know truth is always sour,but i urge you to be strong and take it in good fath,truth is truth it cant hide,and leave MABO alone.and as for the little threat,its just funy with your little black book.
PANICY DAVID written by Juma Kato , March 12, 2010
Helo David , I understand why you must panic . This must be stopped by any means possible.
ICC already has Uganda in its files . First , Uganda went to ICC as a complainant before it withdrew . Then it supported the arrest of Bashir as a signatory before it changed its mind . Do you know why ? I will tell you : your lovely regime , not Mengo or FDC , has a lot of skeletons in its closet.
Touching where it hurts written by Nkuba Kyeyo , March 12, 2010
Some short-sighted commentators were quick to conclude that this talk of taking matters to Haugue was #hodwash" . Musevenis quick re-action tells a different story . He would ignore it all and say nothing , if he was not afraid of being mentioned .
It is time to fight back written by kizito , March 12, 2010
The love affair ended along time ago. The thug deserves to hang or jail time for all his crimes. those aiding and abetting deserve the same. The looters t properties should be ceased.
JUMA KATO:YOU'RE MANIFESTING FOOLISHNESS!!! written by DAVID , March 12, 2010
"To write something,you have to risk making a fool of yourself"(Anne Rice) and so there you're,bwana Juma Kato and your ilk,a la the Nkuba Kyeyos et al.
First,when did Uganda complain to the ICC and later withdraw,as you purport???
Secondly,when did it support the warrants against Bashir and later "change its mind"(sic)???
As an ubiquitous wiseacre who postures to be in the know,you'd be in position to understand that what you're indeed writing is nothing
Mr written by kabayekka , March 13, 2010
Interesting article and answers. Good that most young ones of this country are learning the hard truth that the rule of law is the best way to work out compromise than to always getting the gun and going in the bush to mime, to destroy property and life as victory.
THE BLAME GAME? written by Kandles Trick , March 14, 2010
This interesting.who is actually the bereaved? The one whose bus was burnt, over 50 vehicles for innocent people burnt, police station razed,business terrorized.
The manner of death of the "rioters" should be investigated and use the courts in Uganda. I think if there is a case it can be heard unless this gesture is meant for news visibility and not care for the purported rioters.
Was there a genocide? Or was it arrested in its tracks. Were there people calling for a genocide for a certain type of people? and what would have been the repercussions. Leaders should learn to take responsibility for some actions. Reacting without reason and care can be expensive. Who is responsible for the death of these people?- is it true that some are hiding in UK!
CRY FOR HELP written by zake , March 14, 2010
Ugandans have a choice to die quietly and be oppressed for quarter a century, or appeal for help.
Success or failure of the icc case, at least it has got him to concede to murder and thats a point scored. Dictators dont announce their arrival and don't ripen and fall like mangoes.
The judicial system has long been intimidated by mambas and compromised why not try the icc,congo plundering case is not rotten yet, its on the shelf.
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