Hunt for Amin’s thugs continues in Uganda

Press, 10 December 1979, Page 20

Hunt for Amin’s thugs continues in Uganda

By

LEO ODERA OMOLO

in Kisumu, Uganda

The Ugandan Government of President Godfrey Binaisa is publishing a series of photographs and the names of hundreds of people it is seeking to interview in connection with the activities of the defunct State Research Bureau and Public Safety Unit.

Most of the people who are being sought by Uganda police for questioning are men and women of Palestinian, Iraqi and Yemeni Arab origin. There are also hundreds of Africans, the majority of them Muslim

members of the Nubian and Kakwa tribes from northern Uganda. A brief statement from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Uganda said: “Inquiries into the activities of the murderous State Research Bureau and Public Safety Unit still continue. In order to get the matters finalised quickly, the police once again calls upon the public to come forward with information which may lead to legal action against those detained and those who may still be at large.”

The “Uganda Times,” which is the official newspaper of the ruling Uganda National Liberation Front (U.N.L.F.) is publishing each day further lists of names and photographs of the people suspected to have been connected with these two dreadful organisations during the eight-year reign of terror of the deposed dictator Idi Amin Dada. The Government has offered attractive rewards for information which may lead to the arrest and prosecution of any of the wanted men and women.

According to the “Uganda Times,” the State Research Bureau and Public Safety Unit had penetrated deep into the countryside and had recruited civil servants, businessmen, farmers and even housewives into its ranks.

Sources in Kampala believe that the majority of the people who are being sought by the Government have left the country and fled into neighbouring States. Some of those who had originally come from Pakistan and Arab countries have gone home. 0.F.N.5., Copyright.