Saturday 26 September 2015

Major Asea

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Major Aloysius Ndibowa

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Captain Rumano

Deputy of Malire Regt

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Friday 25 September 2015

Private Mohammed Anyule

Codefendant together with Major General Yusuf Gowon in the murder of Elphaz Laki.

Sergent Nasur Gile

codefendant who murdered Elphaz Laki with Major General Gowon

By Lominda Afedraru
Kampala — Buganda Road Court yesterday issued a production warrant for Maj. Gen. Yusuf Gowon to appear in court today to answer separate charges of procuring a land title by false pretence.
Magistrate Sylvia Namubiru ordered the prison authorities to produce Gowon.

Abdul Nassur Abdullah

Governor of Kampala, Abdul Nassur Abdullah.

There are unsubstantiated claims that he banned the wearing of sandles/ flip-flops in Kampala City and Soldiers forced people to eat sandals.

He was condemned to death and Museveni forgave him, his now a free man in Bombo

Maj Idi Nebbi

Amin's brother (Notorious)

When Amin’s brother was locked in car boot

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An illustration of Gen Mustafa Adrisi watching as Maj Nebbi is put in the boot of his (Gen Mustafa’s) benz before being driven to Jinja and back. Illustration by Henry Cosmas Arinaitwe

By Faustin Mugabe

Posted Saturday, August 15 2015 at 01:00

“After the March 1974 Arube coup attempt, Amin learnt a lesson, especially when he met the incensed soldiers of Malire Mechanised Specialised Regiment at Lubiri, Mengo. Amin realised what an angry and frustrated soldier could do.On that day, when the dust settled, Amin hosted a night marathon meeting with senior army officers, as well as those who had been arrested for attempting to stage the coup, at his Command Post in Kololo. Without fear, officers voiced out their anger at the brutality meted to the citizens by soldiers. And it was resolved that Ugandans deserved better and soldiers must stop extra judicial killings and brutalising citizens. From Malire garrison, Amin also accepted as “ordered” by the soldiers to dismiss Brig Hussein Malera (a Sudanese), who was the Acting Chief of Staff of the Uganda Army and promote Brig Mustafa Adrisi to General and appoint him army commander.

Amin’s brother put in the boot
Once Maj Gen Mustafa took office, he vowed to crack down on errant soldiers. He strongly castigated soldiers for torturing citizens and particularly those putting Ugandans in car boots.

But Amin’s brother, Maj Idi Nebbi, disregarded Maj Gen Mustafa’s command – and he paid for it the hard way.

One day, Amin’s brother, Maj Idi Nebbi (Amin used to call him Maj Moshe, after Israel’s Gen Moshe Diane). Maj Nebbi took his car for repair at Katwe [a Kampala suburb].

In the process of mounting the engine, the mechanic forgot to put back one screw [mountings]. So, the engine was put on three screws [mountings], instead of four. As Maj Nebbi drove, the engine tilted to one side. He checked and found one [mounting] missing. So, he said this was a plot to kill him.

He went back and arrested the mechanic, a young boy and put him in the boot. He drove around town, doing his other businesses. Later in the day, Maj Nebbi drove to the army headquarters [at Bulange building in Mengo, Kampala] and he parked his car outside.

As a norm, Gen Mustafa used to come out of his office and sit at the verandah to catch some fresh air. On this particular day, Gen Mustafa came out of his office and sat on the verandah as usual.

While there, the mechanic, who was still locked in Maj Nebbi’s car boot, heard Gen Mustafa’s voice. He made noise, calling out: “Mzee ndi wanno bantade mu buttu y’emmotoka”. Meaning: “Mzee, I am here. I have been put in the car boot.”

Gen Mustafa asked: “Whose car is this?” Soldiers told him it was for Maj Nebbi. He called him out and said: “Now I will show you this country does not belong to your brother!”

Gen Mustafa called his driver, Sgt Patrick Kitaka. He asked him to pull out his car [a Mercedes- Benz]. He ordered Maj Nebbi to enter the boot of his Mercedes and instructed the driver to lock it.

He then told the driver: “Drive this man to Jinja [district in eastern Uganda] and back. When you reach Jinja, report to the Commanding Officer there and tell him to call me”.
Sgt Kitaka drove to Jinja barracks and back, with Maj Nebbi in the boot. Once in Jinja, the Commanding Officer (Lt Col Hussein Mohammed), called Gen Mustafa, saying: “Afande, your driver has reported to me with the “luggage” inside the boot. He is on his way back.”

When the driver reported back at Bulange, Gen Mustafa told him to open the boot. He slapped Maj Nebbi and barked in Swahili: “We mujinga, toka injje!” Meaning: “You fool, get out.” He asked him: “Is it nice inside there?” Maj Nebbi was trembling.

Gen Mustafa then rang Amin and told him: “I have put your brother, Maj Nebbi, in the boot of my car and driven him to Jinja and back because he put a civilian in the boot of his car after a slight mistake”.

Amin replied: “No problem, that is your job.” From that day, soldiers became more disciplined. The soldiers who continued misbehaving and killing people were from the State Research Bureau, which was not directly under the army.

Col Juma Oris

Minister of Information

“The order to shoot to kill the coup plotters: Col Elly Aseni, 2nd Lt Mawa, Capt John Maturima and myself (Captain Bakka), was issued by the commander-in-chief, Idi Amin, and was read by the minister of information and broadcasting, Col Juma Oris.”

Sgt Toburo

Toburo “Arube decided to enter the house because the door was open. He entered, moving slowly,” Bakka says. “This I was told by Toburo, a sergeant related to Elly [Aseni]. Toburo was a younger brother of Elly. He had been deployed with our men. He survived. He was among the men who invaded.”

“He told me that as Arube entered, Amin hid behind the main door. It did not cross his mind that it would be possible [for Amin to take cover behind the door]. Arube ignored the door and just passed.”
“He thought the target [Amin] was hiding inside other rooms in the house. His attention was on the other rooms. Unfortunately, he had left Amin behind. Amin fired three bullets which hit Arube from his back.”
“He fell face down – meaning the bullets came from behind. The hole where the bullet comes out is bigger than where it enters from. I happened to see Arube’s body at the Mulago hospital mortuary, it had three bullet holes.”
“Immediately Amin recognised Sgt Toburo, he put him at gun point, saying ‘I’m going to kill you. Where is your brother?”
“Then he said [to Toburo], ‘you say Arube killed himself. You must never say I killed him. [You must say] after he [Arube] realised he couldn’t succeed, out of fear of embarrassment, he turned the gun on himself. I want you to maintain that.’ Now, that is the story which many people believed.”
Sgt Toburo was taken to Radio Uganda and said what Amin had told him to say. http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Three-gunshots-that-ended-the-coup-against-Amin/-/689844/2807990/-/5agj00/-/index.html

Sgt Anguyo

Lt Mazamir and Sgt Anguyo commanded the forces that captured Radio Uganda and Uganda Television. They later secured Wandegeya, Mulago and Nakasero areas.

Lt Mazamir

Lt Mazamir and Sgt Anguyo commanded the forces that captured Radio Uganda and Uganda Television. They later secured Wandegeya, Mulago and Nakasero areas.

Captain Birimbo

Capt Birimbo, who is believed to have either been from Bushenyi or Mbarara, was assigned to capture the Bank of Uganda, the Post Office and the immediate buildings and installations.

Captain John Simba

Capt John Simba from Kabale, Kigezi sub-region, commanded the forces that blocked the Busega junction,

2nd Lt Moses Mawa

The assignment to capture or kill Malera was given to Second Lieutenant Moses Mawa who was also from West Nile. With his men, Mawa was to capture Malera from Makindye Military Barracks. Luckily, Malera got wind of the orders and escaped to Kitubulu village near Entebbe Town.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Three-gunshots-that-ended-the-coup-against-Amin/-/689844/2807990/-/5agj00/-/index.html

Capt John Maturima

Wanted dead or alive
Of all the commanding officers in the coup plot, the most risky mission fell on Capt John Maturima. He was a Lugbara from Maracha County, in the West Nile sub-region. He was one of the best tank commanders in the Uganda Army and was based at the Malire Mechanised Specialised Regiment.
Maturima was ordered by Arube to take Amin, dead or alive, to his secret location in Kampala where he was coordinating with Lt Col Elly Aseni, the battle to topple the president. The forces that were to hunt Amin and his wanted military police commanding officer, Brig Hussein Malera, were all from the Lubiri-based garrison in Kampala.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Three-gunshots-that-ended-the-coup-against-Amin/-/689844/2807990/-/5agj00/-/index.html

Lt Col Cyril Orombi

NO: UA 15986 Sgt Samson Gugu and NO: UA.15920 private Abdullah Jumna, both of Bondo Battalion, were murdered. The tribunal was chaired by Col Zed Maruru. Other members were Col John Mwaka, Lt Col Isaac Lumago, Lt Col Yusuf Onek and Lt Col Cyril Orombi

Lt Col Yusuf Onek

Col Zed Maruru

Private Abdullah Jumna

NO: UA.15920 private Abdullah Jumna, of Bondo Battalion, were murdered. The tribunal was chaired by Col Zed Maruru. Other members were Col John Mwaka, Lt Col Isaac Lumago, Lt Col Yusuf Onek and Lt Col Cyril Orombi

Sgt Samson Gugu

NO: UA 15986 Sgt Samson Gugu

Lt James Ayoma

The tribunal also accused officer NO: UA.637 Lt James Ayoma of the Kifaru Mechanised Regiment of murder, contrary to section 183 of the Penal Code Act. It was said that on March 24, 1974, he ordered six soldiers from Bondo Battalion [in Arua] to kill three soldiers related to Brig Malera.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Senior-officers-Arube-Aseni-attempt-overthrow-Amin-/-/689844/2774966/-/item/1/-/m21y6pz/-/index.html

Lt Col Abdul Kisule

In April 1974, a commission of inquiry to investigate what led to the coup plot was established. It was chaired by the Uganda Army officer No: UO.110 Lt Col Abdul Kisule, the commanding officer of Masindi Artillery Regiment.

Earlier Col Kisule had defied the order to arrest Malera
Having failed to locate Malera in Kampala, the search for him shifted to Kigumba in Masindi District where he had a country home.
In an interview with Sunday Monitor at his home in Nagojje, Mukono District, last week, Lt Col Abdul Kisule, the former commanding officer of the Masindi Artillery Regiment, revealed how he defied Brig Arube’s order to arrest Malera.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Senior-officers-Arube-Aseni-attempt-overthrow-Amin-/-/689844/2774966/-/fg4k63/-/index.html

Lt Col Musa Eyega

Lt Col Musa Eyega, the commanding officer,Malire Barracks

Captain Bakka

Lt Colonel EllyAseni

Army officer NO:UA.403 Lt Colonel Elly Aseni

Genesis
Arube and Aseni had drafted the mission well. The word “sort out” all non-Ugandan officers serving in the armed forces electrified soldiers, especially of the low ranks as they too had lost someone by extrajudicial killings of the regime.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Senior-officers-Arube-Aseni-attempt-overthrow-Amin-/-/689844/2774966/-/fg4k63/-/index.html

Lt Col Nasur

Commander of Malire Mechanised Regiment

Major General Lumago

Army Chief of Staff

Brigadier Moses Ali

Minister of Finance

Lt Col Sule

Sudanese

Lt Col Gole

Sudanese

Brigadier Taban Lupayigana

Sudanese.

Lt. Colonel Francis Itabuka

Director of the SRB, Lt. Colonel Francis Itabuka

Lieutenant Jackson Kyalikunda

SRB Adjutant Lieutenant Jackson Kyalikunda

Brig. General Charles Arube

Shot dead by Amin himself

In Summary

Costly mistake. In a continuation from last week, retired Captain Isaac Bakka, Brig Charles Arube’s accomplice in the March 1974 attempted coup against president Idi Amin, narrates how Arube blundered. He says Arube changed the initial plan and ended up in Amin’s ambush at his famous command post at Kololo Hill in Kampala where the president had been trapped, writes Faustin Mugabe.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Three-gunshots-that-ended-the-coup-against-Amin/-/689844/2807990/-/5agj00/-/index.html

Sergent Major Apollo Ezati

Regimental Sergent Major of the 2nd Paratroopers’ Battalion, Apollo Ezati. Brother of Capt Charles Aswa

Captain Charles Aswa

the man who actually announced the coup that brought Amin to power.

Lieutenant Ali Kaunda Vuni

Acting Adjutant of the General Headquarters, Uganda Armed Forces, Lieutenant Ali Kaunda Vuni

I only wanted to know who had killed not only was he my brother-in-law, but also my sincere friend. Later while on leave in Fort Portal I was infomed by the Acting Adjutant of the General Headquarters, Uganda Armed Forces, Lieutenant Ali Kaunda Vuni that a mutual friend and colleague, Uganda Marines Captain John Mule had been short dead at Kamwookya. The killers were thought to be members of the SRB. Capt. John Mule was also a childhood friend of mine. He was Kakwa, but grew up in Toro and spoke excellent Runyoro/Rutooro. As in Charles Lwanga’s case the killers were never found.

May God Bless Uganda.
Byaruhanga, Jonny Rubin.

Capt. John Mule

I only wanted to know who had killed not only was he my brother-in-law, but also my sincere friend. Later while on leave in Fort Portal I was infomed by the Acting Adjutant of the General Headquarters, Uganda Armed Forces, Lieutenant Ali Kaunda Vuni that a mutual friend and colleague, Uganda Marines Captain John Mule had been short dead at Kamwookya. The killers were thought to be members of the SRB. Capt. John Mule was also a childhood friend of mine. He was Kakwa, but grew up in Toro and spoke excellent Runyoro/Rutooro. As in Charles Lwanga’s case the killers were never found.

May God Bless Uganda.
Byaruhanga, Jonny Rubin.

Captain Ali Bamuze ( now Lt.General retired.)

Major Abiriga

Bwendero M,

November 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm

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Dear Byaruhanga J Rubbins,
Thank you for the insights into the Amin murders. My comment is about late Brig.Gen.Yorokamu Tizihwayo,western brigade commander Kasese 1975-1979.
Circumstances of his death are conflicting,others say he was murdered by SRB on instructions of Amin while others say it was internal rivarly in the army since Amin at the height of 1979 war, was to appoint him army chief of staff.
Infact when he was commanding officer of 2nd paratropper bn, he had a serios conflict with a certain Major Abiriga where he survived death narrowly.
Could you kindly please give us information surrounding his disappearance and eventual death.
Bwendero.