Uganda: Toro Queen Mother Loses Multi-Billion Case, 'Appeals' to Museveni

By Independent Team

On the morning of August 26, 2010, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the Uganda Police led by its then head and now Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) in charge of the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate (CIID), Grace Akullo, raided the Kololo home of Kampala lawyer Bob Kasango and arrested him following allegations by the Queen Mother of Tooro Kingdom, Best Kemigisa. The arrest was on the directives of the Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura who acted in the belief that President Yoweri Museveni had directed him to arrest Kasango following a complainant to the President by the Queen Mother that "Kasango had received the sum of Shs4.5 billion on her before and diverted it all to his personal use."

The following day, The Monitor newspaper ran a front-page story detailing the reasons for the arrest. The then spokesperson of the Uganda Police, Ms. Judith Nabakooba stated with finality and authority that, "he (Kasango) received all the money and did not pass on even one shilling to the Queen Mother".

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