AMIN WIFE RUSHES TO S. ARABIA
A VERY worried Madina Amin, wife of former President Idi Amin, is rushing to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where her husband is hospitalised with kidney complications and in a comatose state.
---Govt to assist family on
humanitarian grounds
By Alfred Wasike
and Felix Osike
A VERY worried Madina Amin, wife of former President Idi Amin, is rushing to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where her husband is hospitalised with kidney complications and in a comatose state.
In tears, Madina, draped in white Islamic hijab headcloth told The New Vision in Luganda, yesterday, “Ällah yanaasalawo. Naye embera ya Ssalongo yeraliikiriza nnyo nnyo. Tategeera. Era nteekateeka kugenda mu ddwaliro e Jeddah ku Bbalaza. Ninze minister Kirunda Kivejinja kumbulira ebivudde ewa President Museveni kubanga twamusabye atuyambe tuzze Ssalongo kubutaka,†she said from her home in Najjanankumbi, off Kampala-Entebbe Road.
(Only God can decide his fate now. His condition is very worrying. He is in coma. I am preparing to fly to Jeddah on Monday (today). But I am waiting for the presidency minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, to tell us what President Museveni says because we have requested that Ssalongo Amin be returned.â€
When contacted for comment, the minister for the presidency, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja said the Government would try to help the family on humanitarian grounds to fly to Jedah and attend to the ailing member of the family. Asked whether Amin’s body would be flown back to Uganda in the event that he died, the minister said, “The rest we shall handle as the situation arises.â€
Amin, 80, (right) who has been living in exile since 1979 when he was deposed, has been on a monthly stipend of US$1500, sources said.
Madina, who has five children with Amin, said her husband has ailed with kidney complications for “sometime and refused surgeryâ€.
He is being attended to by his sons, Abdu Nasser Mwanga, 32, and Hussein Kato, 25, who live in Jeddah.
Meanwhile, the Uganda Human Rights Commission has said Amin can return, but must be prepared to face charges for the atrocities he committed.
The acting UHRC chairman, Omara Aliro, said under the 1995 Constitution, the powers to pardon Amin only lies with a president.
However, State House sources said even if the pardon was granted, it would not stop the legal system from taking its own course. “As a human being and a Ugandan, he can take a decision to come back. But when he comes back, he should be prepared to defend himself against allegations of human rights abuses brought against him,†Aliro said.
Ag. Solicitor General Lucien Tibaruha said, “Everybody knows that Amin is alleged to have committed human rights violations here.â€
The 720-page report of the Commission of Inquiry into violations of Human rights released in 1994 catalogues human rights violations by Amin and his cronies during the eight years he ruled.
The Commission, which was headed by Justice Arthur Oder, recommended that all persons who were implicated by evidence before the Commission, be prosecuted for the offences they committed.
The Commission interviewed 608 witnesses who are listed in the report. Other annextures include names of 608 mostly Langi and Acholi soldiers who were allegedly killed on the orders of Amin and hundreds of civilians who were massacred and their property taken.
Ends
humanitarian grounds
By Alfred Wasike
and Felix Osike
A VERY worried Madina Amin, wife of former President Idi Amin, is rushing to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where her husband is hospitalised with kidney complications and in a comatose state.
In tears, Madina, draped in white Islamic hijab headcloth told The New Vision in Luganda, yesterday, “Ällah yanaasalawo. Naye embera ya Ssalongo yeraliikiriza nnyo nnyo. Tategeera. Era nteekateeka kugenda mu ddwaliro e Jeddah ku Bbalaza. Ninze minister Kirunda Kivejinja kumbulira ebivudde ewa President Museveni kubanga twamusabye atuyambe tuzze Ssalongo kubutaka,†she said from her home in Najjanankumbi, off Kampala-Entebbe Road.
(Only God can decide his fate now. His condition is very worrying. He is in coma. I am preparing to fly to Jeddah on Monday (today). But I am waiting for the presidency minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, to tell us what President Museveni says because we have requested that Ssalongo Amin be returned.â€
When contacted for comment, the minister for the presidency, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja said the Government would try to help the family on humanitarian grounds to fly to Jedah and attend to the ailing member of the family. Asked whether Amin’s body would be flown back to Uganda in the event that he died, the minister said, “The rest we shall handle as the situation arises.â€
Amin, 80, (right) who has been living in exile since 1979 when he was deposed, has been on a monthly stipend of US$1500, sources said.
Madina, who has five children with Amin, said her husband has ailed with kidney complications for “sometime and refused surgeryâ€.
He is being attended to by his sons, Abdu Nasser Mwanga, 32, and Hussein Kato, 25, who live in Jeddah.
Meanwhile, the Uganda Human Rights Commission has said Amin can return, but must be prepared to face charges for the atrocities he committed.
The acting UHRC chairman, Omara Aliro, said under the 1995 Constitution, the powers to pardon Amin only lies with a president.
However, State House sources said even if the pardon was granted, it would not stop the legal system from taking its own course. “As a human being and a Ugandan, he can take a decision to come back. But when he comes back, he should be prepared to defend himself against allegations of human rights abuses brought against him,†Aliro said.
Ag. Solicitor General Lucien Tibaruha said, “Everybody knows that Amin is alleged to have committed human rights violations here.â€
The 720-page report of the Commission of Inquiry into violations of Human rights released in 1994 catalogues human rights violations by Amin and his cronies during the eight years he ruled.
The Commission, which was headed by Justice Arthur Oder, recommended that all persons who were implicated by evidence before the Commission, be prosecuted for the offences they committed.
The Commission interviewed 608 witnesses who are listed in the report. Other annextures include names of 608 mostly Langi and Acholi soldiers who were allegedly killed on the orders of Amin and hundreds of civilians who were massacred and their property taken.
Ends