‘Besigye man caned 200 strokes’

Mar 22, 2002

Former presidential candidate, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye’s Arua district publicity secretary, Kelvis Kaza, told the parliamentary probe committee that he was caned 200 strokes by UPDF soldiers for supporting Besigye.

By Ahmed Angulibo Former presidential candidate, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye’s Arua district publicity secretary, Kelvis Kaza, told the parliamentary probe committee that he was caned 200 strokes by UPDF soldiers for supporting Besigye.Kaza appeared before the four-man committee chaired by Martin Orech (Kilaki) on Monday at Arua social centre. He said he was arrested by the police on June 15, 2001 at Arua airfield and taken to the 409 Brigade barracks in Arua town on the instructions Lt. Col. Fenecacious Mugenyi.He showed his back and the bottom to the committee for examination. Kaza said, “as soon as I reached the barracks, four soldiers began pounding my body for over 40 minutes.”

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