The republic of uganda in the supreme court of uganda at kampala

Deployment of PPU and Major Kakooza Mutale’s Kalangala Action Plan

Para-military Force:

In para 3 (2) (d) of the Petition, the Petitioner alleges that contrary to Section 25 (b) of the Act, the 1st Respondent organised groups under the Presidential Protection Unit and his Senior Presidential Adviser one Major Kakooza Mutale with his Kalangala Action Plan Para-military personnel to use force and violence against persons suspected of not supporting the 1st Respondent thereby accusing a breach of the peace, disharmony and disturbance of public tranquility and induce others to vote against their conscience in order to gain unfair advantage for the 1st Respondent during the Presidential Elections.

In his affidavit in support of his answer to the Petition, the 1st Respondent stated that he did not directly or indirectly organise groups of persons under the PPU or Major Kakooza Mutale with his Kalangala Action Plan personnel and whatever such persons are stated to have done by the Petitioner was without his knowledge and consent or approval.

Section 25 (b) of the Act states,

“Any person who before or during an election for the purposes of effecting or preventing the election of a candidate either directly or indirectly –

(b) organises a group of persons with the intention of training the group in the use of force violence, abusive, insulting, corrupting or vituperative songs or language calculated to malign, disparage, condemn, insult or abuse another person or candidate or with a view to causing disharmony or a breach of the peace or disturb public tranquility so as to gain unfair advantage in the election over that other candidate;