MAYOMBO, RWANDA, PRA AND THE BLACK MAMBAS. Inside Uganda, CMI dedicated all its intelligence collection efforts on the alleged threat from a neighboring country in reference to Rwanda. Noble Mayombo, the then CMI has inherited a gang of rogue operatives a terrorist security outfit that had been created by Henry Tumukunde. Noble Mayombo had not had any training or exposure to any intelligence or military operations was an innocent lamb in a slaughter house. Museveni intended to destroy his growing popularity. The system he purpoted to head was instead driving him and he was simply a spokesman. The allegedly Rwanda-funded presidential candidate Dr. Besigye escaped and fled into exile. Earlier on he had been manhandled at the famous Entebbe Airport Fracass involving Mayombos young brother, Okwir Rabwoni. Tinyefuza seated in Mayombos office at CMI made a telephone call to the then head of JATT Kayanja Muhanga (brother to Andrew Mwenda) thus Kayanja, just tie up Besigye and bunddle him in a car. Kayanja Muhanga is now the Comander of the NRA Military Police and as Museveni recently deployed soldiers at the airport, it was Kayanja in the lead ready to pounce on Tinyefuza aka Sejusa! A number of Dr. Besigye supporters were targetted for harrassment, arrests, torture and detentions. Eng. Gakyaro, Capt. Dan Mugarura, Mugisha Kyarimanya and many others faced treason related charges. The eldery Manenero arrested together with his son Patrick Manenero witnessed the son being tortured to death on July 22 2001 at the CMI Hqs by Capt. Herbert Makanga who was heading the Rwanda Desk that was codenamed Romeo. Rwanda had an upper hand interms of intelligence gathering. Because of the popularity of the uprising there were some selfless individuals who were determined to operate behind the enemy lines to acquire and provide the necessary intelligence that would bring about change of regime. During one of the meetings mediated by Britains Claire Short, Kagame tabled information pertaining to the extent of the aid that Museveni was giving to the Rwandese dissidents particulary Alphonse Fuluma. Such humiliating details included the house, guards, finance, type of computer and the outstanding arreas of electricity and water bills. A few metres from the venue of the closed door meeting between the belligerent Presidents, were their respective intelligence chiefs, Patrick Karegeya and Noble Mayombo. In line with the issue at hand both the well placed Rwandese Head of External Security and the misplaced Ugandan CMI had fed their Commanders In-chief with intelligence briefs. Both were Lawyers and had the same rank but Mayombo was a Hon. M.P and a layman in intelligence. Karegeya had been detained by Obote after being arrested while trying to join the bush, served as ADC to Muntu and later headed NRAs Counter Intelligence before going back to Rwanda. What had happened to Musevenis ESO? The overwhelmed Museveni left the meeting more convinced that the threat was more serious than he thought. Since then he branded Karegeya the bad boy and successfully looked for a way of detaching him from Kagame. Karegeya is now in exile. CMI arrested a number serving and retired members of the NRA over allegations of providing intelligence to Rwanda. Capt. Sande Mutesasira of CMI was tortured to death. Cpl. Sula Gwebanyumyanga (Mayombos driver), Peter Kizimula and Paddy who had retired were leaked by one Mukalazi tortured and detained for years. Gulu based Privates Sam Rwibengeya and Babu were linked to Mzee Yosa a former Deputy Director of Iddi Amins SRB, were tortured and detained. Muzei Yosa died in detention. Lt. Porokoro and Lt. Motil from the PPU were arrested and detained for years. A former DMI officer and then Uganda Wildlife Authoritys Law Enforcement officer, Tugume Sam together with Peter Agom (CMI) and Sgt John Barigye (ISO) were arrested and detained for years. The incident prompted either country to expell diplomats attached to their respective embassies. Private Kato Francis (CMI) and Ronald Kasekende a student of Makerere university were arrested by the CMIs Rwanda desk codenamed Karandi headed by Lt. Geofrey Buryo and held in the JATT headquarters. Kasekende jumped over the fence into the Danish Ambassadors residence but was rearrested from there by PPU. CMI created a commando squad called Warriors but after they raided the High Court to rearrest PRA suspects, the public named them Black Mambas. The squad was trained by Israel arms dealers, Amos Golan and Barak under their company Silver Shadow in Entebbe. Later they supplied handcuffs and pistols to CMI. The consignment was consigned to Brig. Mayombo and delivered by Ethiopian Airlines. PRAs Michael Tuape who had been dispersed by the Congolese Lendus in March 2003, was picked up by Radio Okapi and taken to Kinshasha from where Simon Mulongo of Ug Embasy brought him to Kampala. Advocate Lt. Bakarweha through his brother (MUK Law lecturer) negotiated his surrender to NRA.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 16:31:14 +0000
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