12. THAT on the 18th February 2001, Hon. Okwir offered to escort me to Sembabule where I was to attend the funeral of a relative. At Sembabule Hon. Okwir told me that he had decided to withdraw from EBTF. Hon. Okwir then addressed the mourners and told them he had withdrawn from EBTF. We later returned to Kampala where we had dinner together.
13. THAT on the morning of the 19th February, 2001, 1 proceeded to the International Conference Centre where I found Hon. Okwir had already written a Statement which was being typed announcing his withdrawal from the EBTF. In the room were other officers namely Lt. Col. Mayombo and Lt. Col Gowa. The room where we were is ordinarily used by the Army for the Kisangani Probe Committee of which Lt. Col. Gowa is a member.
14. THAT after the statement was typed, Hon. Okwir voluntarily signed it in my presence and we shook hands. He promised to put in writing the reports he had given us verbally relating to security matters. He requested for three (3) days to make his report. He (Okwir) telephoned his wife Solange who came and we had lunch together at Nile Hotel
