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Original Post Date: 2011-01-06 Time: 02:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Francis Kagolo
THE Kasubi royal tombs could have been set ablaze by terrorists, the Police counter-terrorism director, Abbas Byakagaba, has said.
The anti-terrorism chief was testifying before the judicial commission of inquiry into the cause of the fire.
Byakagaba, who appeared guarded in his response, yesterday said when the fire broke out last year, he deployed terrorism investigation experts at the scene. The experts, he stated have not ruled out terrorism.
“There has always been a concern that this, much as it looks as mere fire, could (have been) a terrorism incident.
“Investigations are still going on. We cannot rule out terrorism although we are yet to get specific pointers towards it,” he explained.
Kasubi tombs, a UNESCO world heritage site since 2001, were torched on March 16, 2010.
Byakagaba explained that for anything to be classified as a terrorism incident, it must have been organised by a terrorist group.
He said the Police are still investigating the group that could have been behind the incident.
Uganda has been on a terror alert since the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants first warned that they were to hit Kampala in 2008.
Last year’s World Cup Celebrations turned bloody on July 11 as Spain played the Netherlands in the final game. Two bombs went off at different locations (at the Ethiopian restaurant in Kabalagala and the Kyadondo Rugby Club at Lugogo) killing at least 70 people and injuring several others.
Besides the al-Shabaab, who are said to be sponsored by the international terror group al-Qaeda, the country also faces threats from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels which is reported to operate bases in the DR Congo jungle.
The commission of inquiry, which sits at the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) Conference Hall in Lugogo, is chaired by Justice George Engwau of the Court of Appeal. It has the commandant of the Police’s special investigations unit Grace Akullo as one of its members. Its lead counsel is Cheborion Barishaki, an experienced lawyer and commissioner in the Attorney General’s chambers.
Byakagaba, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), was the tenth Police officer to testify.
However, he was more reserved in his statements than the nine, mostly junior, officers who appeared before him.
He told the commission that the directorate of criminal investigations would come out with a ‘detailed’ report on the matter when investigations are complete.
His reservedness, however, irritated the commissioners; the judge at some point lost his temper when Byakagaba failed to explain who fired the gunshots that reportedly killed two people, yet he was among the top Police commanders at the scene.
Byakagaba said he only recognised stone throwers – the local people – not those who had guns. He said he took cover when the crowd began throwing stones and could not see those who were firing guns.
Asked why he took cover yet he had a team of Police officers to command, he said: “You can only command when you are alive.”
This prompted Justice Engwau to blast him, saying his position was shaky and a sign that either the Police force or Byakagaba as a person was incompetent on the day of the fire.
“I wonder what type of Police Uganda has. They go to the scene in big numbers, hear gunshots, people are shot and they (Police) don’t know who shot the people! What sort of Police is this?” Engwau asked.
“We need a Police which is vigilant and can maintain law and order, not killing people and failing to take action,” he added.
Since it began public hearings last month, the commission has heard a lot of intriguing testimonies.
Some witnesses blamed the fire on the laxity in security at the tombs at the time, infighting within the royal family, and poor management of the tombs’ revenues by the caretaker Nalinnya Beatrice Namikka which allegedly made many staff to bitter.
The commission is still struggling to establish who exactly shot some two people dead on the day that followed the fire outbreak.
The Police officers that have appeared have been reluctant to divulge any information about the shootings.
Kampala metropolitan Police chief, Andrew Sorowen, is expected to appear before the inquiry today.
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Original date published: 5 January 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201101060054.html?viewall=1