As Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Kamulegeya Lutale battle with unlawful possession of ammunition, firearms and treachery charges before the General Court Martial, Uganda’s Commander of the Defense Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who happens to be the son to president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has announced the day, date and venue for when the accused is to be executed.
Through his said to be X platform, Gen. Muhoozi assured the world, that the longtime opposition figure to the regime will be hanged in Gulu on Heroes’ day, after, he will start arresting anybody who has ever spoke ill against his uncle, Gen. Salim Kaleh Akandwanaha.
Muhoozi added that, the execution will be as a result of the accused endless attacks against the first family.
“Dr. Kizza Besigye used to call me a clown and a coward. The tree of traitors is waiting for him in Gulu. We will hang KB on Heroes’ Day. That’s the best day for him to die. After that we will arrest anybody who ever spoke ill of Afande Saleh in government.” Read the said to be Gen. Muhoozi tweet.
This statement has generated a huge and hard debate on different platforms and global forums.
Hon. Eng. Winnie Bwanyima, a wife to Dr. Besigye has responded and coughed venom over the statement and assured the army chief about her readiness to witness the hanging of her husband.
Through the similar platform of X, Byanyima seemed too bitter to the extend of revealing how she doesn’t expect any justice out of the court martial, whose orders are taken from the top command, headed by Muhoozi.
“The head of the army and president Kaguta Yoweri’s son has condemned Kizza Besigye to death by hanging, and set date and venue to hang him (as he celebrates I suppose) before he is dead” reads part of Byanyima’s response.
Byanyima alleges how she is sure of all the charges against Besigye being politically motivated where the accusers are the judges.
“The charges against Kizza Besigye and Obed Lutale are political. President Yoweri Kaguta and his son run the army. The military court falls under them. Father and son are the accusers and the judges in the case against my husband” the response further continue.
In the same response, Byanyima further reveals how she will watch the “travesty” of justice at the “sham” military court and that, she will attend the planned hanging and that once everything is done, she will take the body for honorary burial of “Ugandan and African true hero”.
However, when the after heat of the statements increased, the said tweet was pulled down.
By Mukose Arnold Anthony,
Seasoned Journalist, Alternative Digitalk
mukosearnanth@gmail.com