WHo is Kashilingi?
Aug 21, 2009
LT. Col. Ahamad Kashilingi was in 1981 recruited into the NRA by Brig. Matayo Kyaligonza, the same year the guerilla group was formed.
CHRIS KIWAWULO
LT. Col. Ahamad Kashilingi was in 1981 recruited into the NRA by Brig. Matayo Kyaligonza, the same year the guerilla group was formed.
After the 1986 NRA capture of power, Kashilingi, was appointed Director of Records.
The days that followed January 26, 1986 saw Kashilingi in power struggles and bickering. He was based at the army headquarters in Republic House, now Bulange, the Buganda Kingdom seat of power.
When fire broke out in his office, he was named a prime suspect but when the arrest officers went, he duped them, saying he would hand himself in to the army commander.
However, Kashilingi used the opportunity to flee to Zaire, where he was later nabbed.
He was brought back to Kampala and detained at Makindye Military Barracks, before being charged with treason and misprision of treason at Mengo Magistrate’s Court.
The army officer was in Luzira Maximum Prison from 1991 to 1995. His trial delayed because prosecution claimed its witnesses were out of the country.
On February 17, 1995, he was acquitted.
Later, President Museveni appointed Kashilingi the technical advisor to the security minister.
Born in Rubabo, Rukungiri district, Kashilingi joined the army in the late 1960s and received skills in urban warfare under Amin.
In his book, The Agony of Power, Kyaligonza notes that Kashilingi was one of the best fighters he recruited. As Kyaligonza’s deputy, Kashilingi would several times be in charge of the urban hit squad.
In the bush, Kashilingi shortly worked as Museveni’s guard. A story is told how he saved Museveni when he repulsed an attack by Obote’s UNLA soldiers.
In 1982, Kashilingi is said to have led a successful raid on Nakaseke Hospital, acquiring medicine and medical personnel for the NRA officers.
The senior officer now leads a quiet life in Kampala.
LT. Col. Ahamad Kashilingi was in 1981 recruited into the NRA by Brig. Matayo Kyaligonza, the same year the guerilla group was formed.
After the 1986 NRA capture of power, Kashilingi, was appointed Director of Records.
The days that followed January 26, 1986 saw Kashilingi in power struggles and bickering. He was based at the army headquarters in Republic House, now Bulange, the Buganda Kingdom seat of power.
When fire broke out in his office, he was named a prime suspect but when the arrest officers went, he duped them, saying he would hand himself in to the army commander.
However, Kashilingi used the opportunity to flee to Zaire, where he was later nabbed.
He was brought back to Kampala and detained at Makindye Military Barracks, before being charged with treason and misprision of treason at Mengo Magistrate’s Court.
The army officer was in Luzira Maximum Prison from 1991 to 1995. His trial delayed because prosecution claimed its witnesses were out of the country.
On February 17, 1995, he was acquitted.
Later, President Museveni appointed Kashilingi the technical advisor to the security minister.
Born in Rubabo, Rukungiri district, Kashilingi joined the army in the late 1960s and received skills in urban warfare under Amin.
In his book, The Agony of Power, Kyaligonza notes that Kashilingi was one of the best fighters he recruited. As Kyaligonza’s deputy, Kashilingi would several times be in charge of the urban hit squad.
In the bush, Kashilingi shortly worked as Museveni’s guard. A story is told how he saved Museveni when he repulsed an attack by Obote’s UNLA soldiers.
In 1982, Kashilingi is said to have led a successful raid on Nakaseke Hospital, acquiring medicine and medical personnel for the NRA officers.
The senior officer now leads a quiet life in Kampala.