15. THAT before lunch we considered inviting the members of the Press for aPress Conference but on a second thought Hon Okwir suggested that being a Youth M.R, he would prefer briefing members of his constituency (the Youth) first. He asked whether Government could arrange for him facilities at Ranch on the Lake to enable him meet his constituents. He also requested for security in view of the information he had divulged to us. Lt. Col Noble Mayombo then rang Military Intelligence whose personnel then brought a pistol and two guards with rifles. Lt. Col. Mayombo gave Hon. Okwir the pistol and the guards were assigned to him. I asked him to prepare details of his requirements for Ranch on the Lake and asked Lt. Cal. Mayombo to handle, and then I left.
16. THAT in the evening, I received a telephone call from Lt. Col. Mayombo who told me that he could not trace the whereabouts of Hon. Major Okwir Rwaboni. Fearing that he could have been harmed by the EBTF after hearing his statements over the radio. We decided to trace his whereabouts but to no avail
17. THAT on the 20th February 2001, I received information that Hon. Okwir was apprehended at the Entebbe Airport and taken to the Headquarters of Military Intelligence. I proceeded to the said offices where I met Lt. Col Mayombo and Hon. Okwir. He informed us that the Monitor story of that morning alleging that he had stated that he had been forced to make a statement withdrawing from EBTF was not true.
