According to a reliable source, justice Karookora refused to adjourn the case of Kayiira’s assassination until he had heard from the accused. It so happened that the accused had all been killed in prison and that is what one state attorney reported to the justice. How convenient, for the state to have had all the accused snuffed before appearing in front of a straight forward judge. There is more than what meets the eyes in this case, and we need to engage the people in charge of security in the country at the time Dr. Besigye and Mrs Bangirana not excluded. I find it terribly strange that folks in the village who witnessed the operation speak of army vehicles, not too many civilians were privy to such vehicles at the time. Why have all the security operatives of a major city like Kampala kept quite on this issue for so long-today it might be Kayiira’s death that we are inquiring about ,tomorrow it might be another one of our heroes, we need to break that wall of silence that has been the MO of folks who swore to protect the constitution and the people of Uganda, to start healing some wounds.
I always thought that soldiers are trained to hit on target-why are some of our soldiers on this forum shooting aimlessly in all directions on this one.
Regarding the issue of Museveni using Tax payers’ money to buy a house for Beti Kayiira in USA, the housing issue should not be looked upon as some pawn for Kayiira’s life. Look Kayiira was survived by young children as young as 7 through early teens and his death immediately meant that Betty and the children had to fend for themselves in this country that demands rent and utilities-without thought of loss or death. I’m not sure what Betty was doing for work when her husband’s life was snuffed away.
I however, believe that she was not making enough to support her family at the time. Kayiira had a tenured post as a professor at the University in Connecticut and he was the major bread winner of the family.
To even think that Betty, the mother of his children may have played a role in this while in Boston is preposterous; it is like adding salt to injury. What is more believable, is that Mrs Kayiira simply went to boldly seek much needed help from a fellow guerilla, well known to them, who felt a knee jerk reaction to help out as a parent himself -this is how we ought to look her fending for her children. Remember, it was Kayiira, during the second coming of Museveni, who kept on asking when would Museveni get into town. It was a shock to all of us who knew the family here in Boston, to hear of his arrest and later the execution style of his death.
I hope all those who participated in his death, would some day come find un cowardly conviction to come out and help his children put closure on this very painful chapter in their lives. We cannot have double standards on one hand the two presidents are seeking for justice in the international courts for those who committed genocide in Rwanda and now Konyi’s arrest by the ICC-yet they were both in command when a heinous crime took place under their watch. The death of Kayiira was carried out in an orchestrated military style that warranted more explanation from the two presidents Kagame and Museveni.
It would seem like an incredible security breach, if a person of that stature in Uganda would get executed in that fashion and not cause any heads to roll with those responsible for security in the country!!! His children have moved on, but the onus to come clean is squarely on those parents too, who controlled the security of the country at the time.
There is a common saying that curtails us from being side winders ”Never unleash your venom onto other travelers after a skirmish in the market place “. In the case of our friend Kayiira, his murder took place in Uganda during day light and those who committed it knew that they were impervious to arrest or prosecution period. We could blame Gombya for hosting him, hell, he could have been at anybody’s house on that fateful day, the same with Gerard Kidu’s murderers unless we as a people say enough is enough and start demanding for accountability and a serious criminal investigation on such matters. The Ugandan guillotine of death will eventually break off the breasts of all mothers.
Tendo Kaluma
Ugandan residing in Boston
