Aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi la Uganda, Jenerali, Kale Kayihura amefikishwa katika Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Uhalifu wa Kivita(ICC) kwa tuhuma za kuhusika na jinai dhidi ya binadamu
Anadaiwa kutenda makosa hayo akiwa na maafisa wenzake wakati wa kuwarejesha raia wa Rwanda nchini kwao kutokea Uganda.
Kayihura ambaye amehudumu katika Ofisi kama Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi kwa takribani miaka 12 alihusika katika oparesheni(2010-2017) ya kuwarejesha Rwanda wakimbizi wenye asili ya nchi hiyo waliokuwepo Uganda na Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo
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Kampala — Sacked Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, has been taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity that he allegedly committed along with his men when they forcefully deported a group of Rwandan nationals back to Rwanda.
Led by Mr Rugema Kayumba, the group states that they decided to file a criminal complaint before The Hague-based ICC court on grounds that they had failed to get justice in Uganda for a long time.
They further state the crimes allegedly committed by Kayihura and his accomplices, fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC that tries four major categories of crime that include; crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Gen Kayihura who had been at the helm of the Police Force for over the last 12 years before he was shown exit last Sunday by President Museveni and replaced by Okoth Ochola, is jointly taken to ICC along with 16 other senior police officers including the already indicted SSP Nixon Agasiirwe, SCP Aguma Joel.
The criminal complaint has since been filed in the office of the ICC chief prosecutor, Ms Fatou Bensouda in the Information and Evidence Unit at The Hague court in Netherlands.
"This petition is brought to the ICC on its merits being that crimes like murder, deportation or forceful transfer of population. Torture and enforced disappearance of persons are within the definition of crimes against humanity which are triable by the ICC," the petitioners state in the criminal complaint before the ICC.
"Selected Uganda Police Officers were offered 5000 USD for each individual repatriated, a witness testified to us that some of these victims who resisted where executed within Uganda," the complaint states further.
The group claims that between 2010 and 2017, Rwandan authorities procured services of members of the Uganda Police Force to forcefully repatriate Rwandan refugees, Ugandans of Rwandan origin and Congolese of Rwandan origin.
Sacked Ugandan Police Chief Now Being Taken to ICC
Anadaiwa kutenda makosa hayo akiwa na maafisa wenzake wakati wa kuwarejesha raia wa Rwanda nchini kwao kutokea Uganda.
Kayihura ambaye amehudumu katika Ofisi kama Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi kwa takribani miaka 12 alihusika katika oparesheni(2010-2017) ya kuwarejesha Rwanda wakimbizi wenye asili ya nchi hiyo waliokuwepo Uganda na Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo
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Kampala — Sacked Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, has been taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity that he allegedly committed along with his men when they forcefully deported a group of Rwandan nationals back to Rwanda.
Led by Mr Rugema Kayumba, the group states that they decided to file a criminal complaint before The Hague-based ICC court on grounds that they had failed to get justice in Uganda for a long time.
They further state the crimes allegedly committed by Kayihura and his accomplices, fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC that tries four major categories of crime that include; crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Gen Kayihura who had been at the helm of the Police Force for over the last 12 years before he was shown exit last Sunday by President Museveni and replaced by Okoth Ochola, is jointly taken to ICC along with 16 other senior police officers including the already indicted SSP Nixon Agasiirwe, SCP Aguma Joel.
The criminal complaint has since been filed in the office of the ICC chief prosecutor, Ms Fatou Bensouda in the Information and Evidence Unit at The Hague court in Netherlands.
"This petition is brought to the ICC on its merits being that crimes like murder, deportation or forceful transfer of population. Torture and enforced disappearance of persons are within the definition of crimes against humanity which are triable by the ICC," the petitioners state in the criminal complaint before the ICC.
"Selected Uganda Police Officers were offered 5000 USD for each individual repatriated, a witness testified to us that some of these victims who resisted where executed within Uganda," the complaint states further.
The group claims that between 2010 and 2017, Rwandan authorities procured services of members of the Uganda Police Force to forcefully repatriate Rwandan refugees, Ugandans of Rwandan origin and Congolese of Rwandan origin.
Sacked Ugandan Police Chief Now Being Taken to ICC
