By Elizabeth Ankunda
30th Aug 2023
The General Court Martial has dropped charges of torture slapped against Gen Kale Kayihura years ago.
A happy Kayihura told the media at the Makindye court that he pays gratitude to God for taking him through his troubles successfully.
This comes after President Yoweri Museveni promised that he was going to talk to the military prosecutors to have Kayihura’s cases dropped as requested by the National Resistance Movement leaders in Kisoro during the recently concluded election campaigns.
Kayihura’s problems before the Court Martial started on August 24, 2018, when he was arraigned to plead to charges of failure to protect war materials, failure to supervise police officers and abetting kidnap.
It is alleged that between 2010 and 2018, on various occasions, Kayihura issued firearms to unauthorized persons, specifically members of Boda-Boda 2010 under the leadership of Abdullah Kitatta, who has since been found guilty of similar crimes.
Kitatta’s group was severally accused of disrupting events of people opposed to Museveni’s leadership in several parts of the country.
The court also heard that by commission and omission, Kayihura aided and abetted the actions of subordinate police officers to kidnap and illegally repatriate Rwandan exiles, refugees and Ugandan citizens to Rwanda.
Kayihura was also accused of failure to supervise and ensure accountability for firearms and ammunition issued to specialized units in the police such as the Flying Squad Unit, Crime Intelligence and Special Operations Unit and Witness Protection Unit.
The records also indicate that Kayihura whose movements were restricted within Wakiso and Kampala districts unless waived by court, has been reporting monthly to the Registrar’s office without fail as one of the conditions imposed on him.
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