KAMPALA-The U.S. ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac wants a thorough investigation to establish who was behind the break–ins into the offices of two of Amama Mbabazi’s lawyers on Wednesday morning.
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| U.S. ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac |
During the break–ins into the offices of Mr Muhammed Mbabazi and Mr Fred Muwema on Buganda Road and off Acacia Avenue in Kampala, the suspected thieves stole computers and documents.
The legal team was expected to have filed these at the Supreme Court by close of business Wednesday.
The documents reportedly included the affidavits by the witnesses about electoral malpractices, which Mr Amama Mbabazi needs to prove his case before the Supreme Court.
He wants the court to cancel President Museveni’s election, claiming the Electoral Commission had not conducted the polls in accordance with Uganda’s electoral laws.
Now, responding to claims by the National Resistance Movement’s deputy spokesperson Ofwono Opondo that the break–ins could be “an insider job for propaganda value”, Ms Malac says the government should probe the incident.
“We expect a full investigation into the alleged break-in to find those responsible,” Ms Malac said on her twitter handle. The message was re-tweeted by the US embassy.
“@AmamaMbabazi petition should be heard with impartiality and in accordance with Ugandan law,” Ms Malac tweeted.
Police has since issued a press statement, saying it would investigate the matter.
“We have instituted a composite team headed by the Commandant [of the] Special Investigation Division, Mark Odong, in close coordination with the Electoral and Political offences Department and the Cyber Crime Unit, to actively and thoroughly investigate the break-ins as quickly as possible,” police said a in March 9 press statement sent by Mr Asan Kasingye chairperson of the Inter – Agency Communication Task team.
“The findings will be availed to the Go Forward team and the public at large as soon as it is finalized,” Mr Kasingye’s statement said.
The police added they are bothered by allegations by the Go Forward team that they have arrested at least thirteen Go Forward supporters.
“We strongly deny these allegations, as completely false. The Police do not operate an “off-the-books” detention facility anywhere. There are very clear records in the station diary, crime registers and lock up registers, for anyone arrested at every Police facility. Therefore, every suspect taken into our facilities is booked,” they said in the statement.
The statement says: “Police do not have any such suspects; neither did we conduct any arrests at the home of the Hon. Amama Mbabazi as alleged. For that matter, if the lawyers have belief that any of their clients are detained at the special investigation Division and or Nalufenya Police Station, as they allege, we have no secrets to hide because they and the public are at free will to verify our records. It is on record that these facilities are regularly accessed, and are not used in any way to violate suspects’ rights at all. On the many occasions, Human Rights bodies, CSOs, lawyers and relatives have been allowed to visit and speak to suspects at all Police Units. The allegation, therefore, that suspects have been arrested by Police to purposely hinder the ongoing electoral petition is unequivocally false, offensive and not supported by any facts whatsoever.”
Daily Monitor
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