24. That the main Rally in Rukungiri Town ended at about 18.10 hours and the people moved out of the play ground venue of the Rally peacefully.
25. That I then went back home to collect my luggage and proceed to Kampala and shortly after getting home I heard gun-shots from the direction of Rukungiri Town Centre, which continued for about 20 minutes; and then I saw some people running from town to my home for safety.
26. That I went back to town at about 19OO hours and we found the Town absolutely deserted, except for the PPU soldiers and a few people wearing campaign T-Shirts of the Pt Respondent and I saw next to Ejumo Hotel a white truck surrounded by about 10 to 12 PPU soldiers who were throwing people on to this white truck.
27. That then I stopped by Mr. Charles Chakuru’s residence where I found people having taken refuge in his compound, left for Mbarara where we spent the night.
28. That when I reached Mbarara Town I telephoned Mr. Charles Makuru to find out the Situation In Rukungiri Town and he told me that the situation was still tense and that he tried to get in touch with the Regional Police Commander and discovered that he had been called to Police Headquarters early that afternoon. That I subsequently went back to Rukungiri and I was shown the grave of Berondera who had been shot dead in that incident.
29. That I now know one person died, 15 were seriously Injured and were hospitalized and many others sustained minor injuries as a result of the attack by the PPU soldiers on that day in Rukungiri Town and all this was reported in the Sunday Monitor of 4th March, 2001, a copy of which Is attached and marked “P12” and all this time when Presidential Protection Unit soldiers were deployed in Rukungiri District, President Museveni was not physically present In that District.
