UGANDA: Gen. Kalekyezi's fate to be determined by direction of Museveni / Kagame relations

GEN. KALEKYEZI'S FATE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTION OF MUSEVENI/KAGAME RELATIONS

After months of incarceration, Museveni's top cadre and former police chief, Gen. Kalekyezi was today presented before the military court. He was charged with offences to do with Rwanda, notably undermining Museveni's support for Rwanda dissidents who are fighting the Kagame regime. As we had earlier argued that such criminal proceedings "WOULD ONLY BENEFIT RWANDESE DISSIDENTS" the cries of Ugandans who suffered at the hands of Gen. Kalekyezi have been ignored.

Owing to diplomatic and credibility implications of such charges, Museveni must have painfully taken the path of a trial. The timing of the court proceedings is designed to overshadow the ongoing crisis that the regime is facing over its latest brutality. As for Gen. Kalekyezi's fate, his total freedom is still a long way to go. The worst of Museveni/Kagame relations is in the offing and Gen. Kalekyezi is not about to switch sides. Neither is Museveni about to abandon his support for Rwandese dissidents.

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