{"id":128116,"date":"2024-02-05T11:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=128116"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T08:16:23","slug":"uganda-apologies-no-trial-lra-kwoyelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128116-uganda-apologies-no-trial-lra-kwoyelo.html","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: apologies but still no trial for ex-LRA Kwoyelo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sitting some 300 km away in a high security prison in Kampala, former Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) colonel Thomas Kwoyelo appeared via video link on January 19 before Uganda\u2019s International Crimes Division. It had organized another fruitless hearing in a sparsely attended court room in his home city of Gulu, in north of the country, followed by a timeless outreach exercise which our reporter attended.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Appearing from the country\u2019s maximum security prison of Luzira in the capital Kampala, Thomas Kwoyelo had an inquisitive look on his face as his eyes darted across the half empty court room located in Gulu, north of Uganda. Represented in court by a chain of senior lawyers, Kwoyelo appeared in an oversized business suit, despite having been a Primary Three dropout in 1992 when he was abducted by the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the January 19, mid-morning session, deputy registrar of the High Court Juliet Hatanga read out the litany of charges against him. First and only LRA commander on trial by a Ugandan court, he faces no less than 78 charges, including murder, pillage, cruel treatment, violence to life, outrages against the dignity of humanity, torture, rape, enslavement, imprisonment, kidnap with intent to murder, and aggravated robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Uganda\u2019s International Crimes Division (ICD), a panel of four judges is hearing the case that has been on and off for a record 15 years since his capture in 2008. The delays, which are hard to understand, are due to \u201cmultiple factors\u201d and \u201cthe complicated nature of the trial\u201d, according to the Ugandan judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-128116 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128116-uganda-apologies-no-trial-lra-kwoyelo.html\/uganda_thomas-kwoyelo-court-2_grace-matsiko-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uganda_Thomas-Kwoyelo-court-2_@Grace-Matsiko-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Thomas Kwoyelo&#039;s trial in Uganda - Caleb Alaka, lead counsel for Kwoyelo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-128038\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-128038'>\n\t\t\t\tCaleb Alaka, lead counsel for Thomas Kwoyelo. \u00a9 Grace Matsiko\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128116-uganda-apologies-no-trial-lra-kwoyelo.html\/uganda_thomas-kwoyelo-court-outreach-1_grace-matsiko-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uganda_Thomas-Kwoyelo-court-outreach-1_@Grace-Matsiko-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Thomas Kwoyelo&#039;s trial in Uganda - Magistrates take part in a delicate outreach exercise in Thomas Kowyelo&#039;s home district.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-128033\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-128033'>\n\t\t\t\tMagistrates take part in a delicate outreach exercise in Thomas Kowyelo's home district. \u00a9 Grace Matsiko\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128116-uganda-apologies-no-trial-lra-kwoyelo.html\/uganda_thomas-kwoyelo-court-outreach-2_grace-matsiko-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uganda_Thomas-Kwoyelo-court-outreach-2_@Grace-Matsiko-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Thomas Kwoyelo&#039;s trial in Uganda - Elderly women in Pabbo, Amuru district in Northern Uganda attend an International Crimes Division outreach session.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-128028\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-128028'>\n\t\t\t\tElderly women in Pabbo, Amuru district in Northern Uganda attend an International Crimes Division outreach session. \u00a9 Grace Matsiko\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raising-awareness-with-apologies\">Raising awareness with apologies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This time at least something happened. After a brief court session in Gulu with no progress on the case, the court officials including Justice Susan Okalany and Justice Richard Wabwire Wejuli travelled some 70 km north for an outreach program to several villages, to meet LRA war victims, former abductees, ex-combatants and would-be defence witnesses. The villages included Abera in Pabbo, one in Kwoyelo\u2019s rural Amuru District and in a district further north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With scattered, mainly grass-thatched homesteads separated by small gardens of maize, sorghum, millet, bananas, beans, pawpaws, cassava, coffee and cotton, the rural part of this countryside is sparsely populated. There are fewer animals like goats and cows, with the latter used mostly for ploughing. The local population attribute this to the effects of the LRA war, when thousands of livestock were raided or driven off in a scorched earth policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving on site, Justice Okalany started by apologizing: \u201cI want to apologize on behalf of Uganda, and not only the judiciary, for the delayed trial of Thomas Kwoyelo. This is a very shameful thing for us as a court. I can\u2019t cover it in any way,\u201d he told an attentive crowd as some wiped off sweat from the tropical afternoon heat with their bare hands. Near Pabbo Township, boys were hawking fresh vegetables and fruit near the venue where the seemingly strange delegation of judges and lawyers sat in comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Okalany nevertheless pointed to some of the challenges that have led to the delay of the former LRA soldier\u2019s trial. &nbsp;\u201cThere are some explanations, like Kwoyelo challenging the Amnesty Act before the Constitutional Court on why some of his superiors were granted amnesty and his request was not granted. This took some time to be determined. Then there was Covid-19, and challenges of resources can\u2019t be ignored,\u201d Judge Okalany said through an interpreter. \u201cWe hope to conclude this matter around mid-year, but I really apologise for the delay; it\u2019s a verdict on our justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing accounts by the prison\u2019s officials, she told the meeting that Kwoyelo at one time tried to \u201ccommit suicide\u201d because of frustrating delays of his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the good thing is that the case has come to the last leg of its conclusion after the court recently ruled that Kwoyelo has a case to answer by upholding 78 counts out of the 93 that had been brought against him. So subject to availability of resources, this matter should be closed by mid this year,\u201d added Justice Wabwire, with this last part sounding less reassuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-exhumations-and-burials-also-delayed\">Exhumations and burials also delayed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hatanga, the new registrar, said the trial has also delayed the exhumation and reburial of bodies of war victims, whose relatives wanted to relocate from the internally displaced persons camps scattered in Northern Uganda. The government temporarily shifted thousands of people in 1996 to protect them against rebel attacks. Now the families want proper funerals back in their original homes. But Hatanga said the government could not allow exhumation of the bodies before Kwoyelo\u2019s trial is completed, as the graves had been labelled \u201ccrime scenes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwoyelo\u2019s main lawyer, Caleb Alaka, told Justice Info that his team plans to invite over 50 witnesses in his defence. \u201cOur visit here is to update the population on the progress of the case as well as getting witnesses or people with vital information that we can use in defence of Thomas Kwoyelo,\u201d said the seasoned criminal lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents, speaking in the local Luo language, expressed concern about their safety if they come out as witnesses. \u201cComing out to testify (in defence) of Kwoyelo, won\u2019t we be perceived as sympathizers to what the LRA did?\u201d asked one of the elderly local residents who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rather-we-stay-away-from-the-case\">\u201cRather we stay away from the case\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of what happened, people do not want to be connected in any way to that war. Many families including mine were destroyed and we live in trauma,\u201d Moses Akena, an uncle to Thomas Kwoyelo and one of the most senior civil servants in Pabbo, told Justice Info. \u201cSome of us were arrested and detained for a long time because of Kwoyelo. Rather we stay away from the case.\u201d He added that \u201cstereotype and stigma\u201d has taken root in the communities because of the perception of Kwoyelo\u2019s role in the LRA, despite calls by the community leadership for re-integration and harmony between former LRA combatants who have renounced the rebellion and the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kwoyelo\u2019s rural district, members of the community connect through village paths to reach out to their friends and relatives in this rather idyllic scenery, where birds sing to the enchantment of those visiting this part of Uganda for the first time and the locals welcome everyone with a wide but curious smile. Perhaps the Kwoyelo trial seems timeless to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read the second part of this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128158-kwoyelo-was-born-and-grew-up-here.html\">\u201cKwoyelo was born and grew up here\u201d<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articleLink articleLink--editorRecommanded articleLink--textInImage articleLink--textTop\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"articleLinkSurTitle\">Recommended reading<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"articleLinkImageLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128158-kwoyelo-was-born-and-grew-up-here.html\"><div class=\"articleLinkImageContainer \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uganda_Thomas-Kwoyelo-family-1_@Grace-Matsiko-540x360.jpg\" class=\"articleLinkImage backgroundImageTag w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Report from Thomas Kwoyelo&#039;s birthplace in Uganda, with his family. Photo: Kwoyelo&#039;s relatives in front of the house where he lived as a child.\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/128158-kwoyelo-was-born-and-grew-up-here.html\" class=\"articleLinkTitle articleLinkTitle--default\">\r\n\t\t\t\u201cKwoyelo was born and grew up here\u201d\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting some 300 km away in a high security prison in Kampala, former Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) colonel Thomas Kwoyelo appeared via video link on January 19 before Uganda\u2019s International Crimes Division. 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