| Maj. Kakooza Mutale’s group:
Despite the pleading in sub-paragraphs 3(1) (v) and 3 (2) (d) of the petition, that a para-military group led by Major Kakooza Mutale and called Kalangala Action Plan, inter alia interfered with the Petitioner’s campaigns, used violence against people who did not support the Respondent caused breach of peace and induced “others” to vote for the 1st Respondent against their conscience, there was hardly any evidence brought to Court on the activities of that group. The only incident I was able, by inference, to link with the group, occurred on February when the 1st Respondent went to Tororo. Oketcho Yusuf deponed that he was confronted by a male stranger, in civilian clothes, who ordered him to pull down the Petitioner’s posters. Upon refusing he was dragged to a yellow bus where he was tortured with others who had been similarly arrested. He sustained cuts on the head and was taken to Tororo Police Station where he was detained for 8 hours. The link is in a letter of 26th February, 2001 annexed to the affidavit of Louis Otika, the Petitioner’s National Coordinator, which was addressed by him to the Chairman of the Commission complaining about torture of people during the Respondent’s visit to Tororo. The said torture was reportedly by Maj. Kakooza and his henchmen on the Movement Bus.
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