New dossier reveals how Sejusa return was planned

Kampala. An unnamed Ugandan MP led the committee that organised the return of Gen David Sejusa from exile in UK, according to a memo the General sent to members of his Free Uganda (FU) organisation shortly before departing London for Uganda.

Gen Sejusa, who had been in London since April last year, made a surprise return into the country last Sunday, sparking speculation on whether he had struck a deal with President Museveni whose government he had vowed to fight while in exile.

Sunday Monitor has learnt that during the week before Gen Sejusa returned to Uganda, he exchanged several correspondences with the leadership of his organisation, copies of which the paper obtained, which he always signed off as Alpha. He cited the need for FU to establish a foothold in Uganda as the reason for his return home.

A close reading of the memos shows that the general had already made up his mind to return to Uganda by the time the email exchange started and only wanted the members of his organisation to approve his decision. This is because in the exchange that followed his proposal to return home, in which some members of FU expressed fears over his safety and other issues back in Uganda, Gen Sejusa seemed to push a predetermined position.

The memos, however, make no mention of whether he had been given a free pass by the authorities in Kampala to re-enter the country. Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda is the most senior government official to have publicly spoken about Gen Sejusa’s return to the country so far. He told Parliament this week that the government will enter talks with Gen Sejusa.

In one of the emails, Gen Sejusa briefed his colleagues in London that one of them had compared his situation to when Dr Kizza Besigye returned to Uganda from exile in South Africa in 2005. (NMG)