DPP confirms forgery charges against Mbabazi supporter

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mike Chibita has assented to the forgery of the presidents' signature charges levied upon Amama Mbabazi's supporter, last year, by the state.


This was revealed by the lead counsel in the case, Jonathan Muwanganya, when the case came up for a hearing on Thursday.

He said that they had earlier illegally sanctioned the charges against Ellady Muyambi and the hearing could not commence before the DPP agrees to the charges.

"We had charged him as the state but the DPP had not yet stamped or appended his signature on the charge sheet. Though illegal, it is acceptable. The only limitation is that we could not proceed without the DPP's approval," he said.

He presented the amended charges in court and the grade one magistrate, Joseph Aryemye charged Muyambi anew. The charges included forgery of the presidents' signature.

It is alleged that in January 25, 2010, Muyambi authored a document purported to be from president Museveni addressed to the deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The document as seen in court is titled "A personal note of thanks" to Brother Gaddafi, the president of the great socialist people's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
The author goes ahead and writes; "These riotous Baganda? I have to save them from themselves most of the time. Who else? My comrades in the struggle?

Wapakabulo is dead, Kategaya is useless and Bukenya is a waste of time. So who do they want me to step down for? Mbabazi a Mukiga? What is the difference between Bakiga and Bahutu?"

Prosecution states that the document was authored by Muyambi while at Kiwonvu zone, Kalerwe in Kampala and the signature on it was the presidents'.

The 39 year-old from Mukubira, A Zone Kawempe Division, Kampala, is also accused of authoring a second document between 2012 and 2015, purposely to promote sectarian ideas.

In the supposed document, he was asking whether Ugandans understood the President's real mission or not.


He went ahead allegedly to inform people that most of the Banyakole who support Museveni are Batutsi and Bahororo from Rwanda.

"The Bairu who form the majority in Ankole have been impoverished and marginalized. What Batutsi did in western Uganda to impoverish Bairu is extended to other groups in Uganda including Buganda," reads part of his alleged statement.

Prosecution alleged that such statements are likely to promote sectarian sentiments against the Batutsi, Bahororo and Bairu.

However, Muyambi denied all the charges preferred against him.

This is the second time he is denying the charges. In July last year, he appeared before the grade one magistrate Mary Kisakye Kaitesi and denied the same.

Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned to February 29, for further hearing. He is currently out on bail.

He told New Vision in an out of court interview that the charges are malicious and intended to frustrate his efforts to show support to the Independent presidential hopeful, Amama Mbabazi.

"I'm being prosecuted for being a strong supporter of Mbabazi," he said.