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By Oweyegha-Afunaduula
When Ultimate News published an article by me under this title, some people dismissed it as unsubstantiated because it limited itself to only children of Uganda Politicians. For fear of being called all sorts of names, let me expand the scope of the article by that title by including a list of assassinations of prominent people and another of massacres that have not fully been explained. This generation has a debt to future generations to assure them that we valued both life and justice and tried to explain every death that occurred at the national and local levels.
Below are partial lists of assassinations and massacres in Uganda since independence that still beg credible explanations of why they occurred, how they occurred and what they implied about the sociopolitical tranquility of Uganda in the past, present and future. Uganda spends a large chunk of its National Budget on security. However, despite this insecurity problems persist, permeate and proliferated in society. With the passage of time, there is no evidence that the security of Ugandans will be secured, especially against our armed forces and intelligence institutions. Ultimately it might be God’s security that will work when our own security instruments fail.
List of Some Prominent People Assassinated Since Independence (Extracted from page 365 of the Book “Political and Leadership History of Uganda: From British Colonial Era to Movement Era” Edited by Dr. Shannon Tito and to be published early next year (2023) in Toronto Canada).
Victim Date of Assassination
Brigadier Pierino Okoya January 23 1970
Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka September 21 1972
Archbishop Jonan Luwum February 17 1977
Major General Oyite Ojok December 1 1983
Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayira March 6 1987
Prof. Dan Mudoola February 22 1993
Dr. Francis Kidubuka February 22 1993
Lt Michael Shalita of ISO October 15 1996
Major General James Kazini November 10 2009
Brigadier Noble Mayombo May 1 2007
Sheikh Abubaker Kiwewa June 22 2012
Cerina Nebanda MP December 14 2012
Sheikh Dr. Abdul Kadiri Muwaya December 26 2014
Sheikh Mustapha Bahiga December 28 2014
Joan Kagezi March 30 2015
Sheikh Abdirashid Wafula May 21 2015
Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kirya July 1 2015
Major Muhammad Kiggundu November 26 2016
Andrew Felix Kaweesi March 17 2017
Abrahim Abiriga June 8 2018
Muhammad Kirumira September 8 2018
Sheikh Abdul Karim Sentamu April 20 2021
List of some Infamous Massacres in Uganda (Extracted from page 366 of the Book “Political and Leadership History of Uganda: From British Colonial Era to Movement Era” Edited by Dr. Shannon Tito and to be published early next year in Toronto Canada).
Massacre Number Killed Date
Luwero Triangle 500,000 1981-1986
Mukura Train Wagon 100 July 11 1988
Kampala Naguru Wedding Massacre 26 June 26 1994
Atiak (Northern Uganda) 300 April 20 1995
Kanungu 700 March 17 2000
Northern Uganda 400 1987- April 2006
Kampala 40 September 2009
Kasese Massacres (By Army) 100 November 26 2016
Wakiso 20 April-September 29 2017
Kayunga Shrine 5 2017
Luuka (By Army) 54 November 18 2020
Kampala 3 November 18 2020
Masaka 13 July 22-August 23 2021
For God and My Country
The Writer Is a Ugandan Scientist And Environmentalist
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