Fellow Ugandans and, especially the Bazzukulu,
Greetings.
Let me start by condemning the four-armed terrorists that killed 10
people, the night of last Monday, around the huge Kibaale forest. The
10 were crop night watchmen against monkeys from the forest and
some Bavuumbi (those who go for alcohol sessions). The latter were
found in a small village bar. One young girl escaped from the killers.
More could have escaped if they had been sensitized not to be docile
when confronted by these killers. Those 4 killers are the remnants of the
Njovu-Kamusu group of 10 that entered Uganda from Congo second
round, some weeks ago. They had crossed back to Congo but came
back. They are the group that killed the children of Nyabugaando
School, killed the two tourists and their driver and burnt the onion truck.
Two of them were killed in the waters of Lake Edward by the marines
and their leader Njovu was injured, captured and he is now facing
charges in court.
About a week ago, the CMI and the SFC Commandos destroyed a
squad of 3 of that group including Kamusu that had replaced Njovu as
the group leader. Kamusu was shot although we have not seen his
dead body yet.
The other two dead bodies and their guns were abandoned by the
terrorists at the encounter point.
On account of these repeated atrocities by these infiltrators from Congo,
I have directed the UPDF to reactivate the force of the LDUs in the areas
surrounding Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Kibaale Forests, the
forests in Kyenjojo and Kagadi, Semuliki National Park and Bwindi
National Park.
Since the terrorists cowardly attack soft targets in the form of unarmed
civilians, we are reactivating our old method of transforming the village
soft targets into lethal local hard points. We are not short of manpower.
It only means deploying more resources to support the manpower.
In the meantime, this morning our various air-platforms, attacked the
terrorist leaders in Congo － at Km 80 from the border. We shall get the
results after some days. They are paying for their bankruptcy. I have
directed the State House Comptroller (SHC) to send financial support to
each of the families that lost their loved ones in Kamwengye and also to
the girl who escaped from the killers and reported the incident.
The Woman MP for Kamwengye will co-ordinate this support with the
office of the SHC. The terrorists were killing people using pangas
because they were fearing to use bullets that would alert the population
that is hostile to them. Therefore, the girl who escaped must be saluted.
She is the one that alerted the area. I have asked the Woman MP and
the SHC to bring her to me so that I meet her and thank her for her
bravery.
The four pigs will pay for their crimes and so will all their associates if
they do not surrender and abandon terrorism.
Signed:
YOWERI K. MUSEVENI
GEN (RTD)
SSAABALWANYI
