Document #1301567
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The attached 13 April 1995 Agence France
Presse (AFP) report states that the National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) is a rebel movement based in central Uganda. This movement
which is "made up mainly of army deserters from Uganda's largest
ethnic group, the Baganda," "is fighting for the introduction of a
federal system in Uganda" (ibid.).
The attached 2 April 1995 Reuters report
states that the NDA had been operating around Luwero, 65km north of
Kampala, since January 1995.
The attached 11 June 1995 Reuters report
states that the NDA is led by Herbert Itongwa, a former commander
of the Ugandan Army.
The attached 22 April 1995 article from The
Indian Ocean Newsletter quotes a Ugandan army spokesman as stating
that "Herbert Itongwa (whose real name is Herbert Kilomeko) (is) a
Muganda tribesman born in the Luwero Triangle who had been based at
Mbuya Barracks, near Kampala, before deserting."
The attached 24 September 1995 Manchester
Guardian Weekly article reports on the arrest of six Itongwa
followers at Luwero, in central Buganda.
The attached 2 December 1996 East African
Standard report quotes a Ugandan government-owned newspaper which
reported that NDA leader Herbert Itongwa fled to Nairobi,
Kenya.
The attached 16 January 1996 Agence France
Presse (AFP) states that NDA members were among the seven Ugandan
dissidents handed over to Uganda by the Kenyan authorities.
The attached 5 February 1996 Reuters and 10
February 1996 Indian Ocean Newsletter reports state that NDA leader
Herbert Itongwa was arrested by the Kenyan police. According to the
Reuters article, Ugandan president Museveni ruled out the
possibility of any extradition procedures against Itongwa.
The attached 5 February 1996 report from
Nairobi's The East African quotes Kenyan officials as stating that
NDA leader Herbert Itongwa was put under UNHCR protection on
Saturday 3 February 1996, and that as an UNHCR refugee Itongwa
could not be extradited to Uganda.
The attached KNA News Agency report
published in the 1-29 February 1996 issue of Africa Research
Bulletin quotes Kenyan intelligence sources as stating that Itongwa
was handed over to the Nairobi office of the UNHCR, and then moved
to the Dadaad refugee camp in North Eastern Province (12151).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1-29 February 1996. Vol. 33,
No. 2. "In Brief: Uganda-Kenya."
Agence France Presse (AFP). 16 January
1996. "Kenya Extradites Ugandan Dissidents: Newspaper." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 April 1995. "Two Rebel
Commanders Captured in Central Uganda." (NEXIS)
The East African [Nairobi, in English].
5 February 1996. "Uganda: Rebel Leader Major Itongwa Said Still in
Kenya." (FBIS-AFR-96-025 5 Feb. 1996). [Internet], URL:
http://www.fedworld.gov/cgi-bin/retrieve , [Internet], URL :
http://www.Fedworld.gov [Accessed: 26 Sept. 1996]
East African Standard [Nairobi, in
English]. 2 December 1995. "Uganda: Rebel Leader Reportedly Flees
to Kenya." (IAC Newsletter database 7 Dec. 1995/NEXIS)
The Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 10
February 1996. "Tit for Tat." (NEXIS)
_____. 22 April 1995. "Fred Mpiso,
Herbert Itongwa (Uganda)." (NEXIS)
Manchester Guardian Weekly }London].
Jean Helene. "Museveni Champions 'No Party' Rule." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 5 February 1996. BC
Cycle."Kenya Arrests Ugandan Rebel, Museveni Says." (NEXIS)
_____. 11 June 1995. BC Cycle. Edmond
Kizito. "Ugandan President Faces Growing Array of Rebels."
(NEXIS)
_____. 2 April 1995. "Uganda: Rebels
Threaten War, Minister Abducted." (IAC Newsletter Database 3 Apr.
1995/NEXIS)
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1-29 February 1996. Vol. 33,
No. 2. "In Brief: Uganda-Kenya," p. 12151.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 16 January
1996. "Kenya Extradites Ugandan Dissidents: Newspaper." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 April 1995. "Two Rebel
Commanders Captured in Central Uganda." (NEXIS)
The East African [Nairobi, in English].
5 February 1996. "Uganda: Rebel Leader Major Itongwa Said Still in
Kenya." (FBIS-AFR-96-025 5 Feb. 1996). [Internet], URL:
http://www.fedworld.gov/cgi-bin/retrieve , [Internet], URL :
http://www.Fedworld.gov [Accessed: 26 Sept. 1996]
East African Standard [Nairobi, in
English]. 2 December 1995. "Uganda: Rebel Leader Reportedly Flees
to Kenya." (IAC Newsletter database 7 Dec. 1995/NEXIS)
The Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 10
February 1996. "Tit for Tat." (NEXIS)
_____. 22 April 1995. "Fred Mpiso,
Herbert Itongwa (Uganda)." (NEXIS)
Manchester Guardian Weekly }London].
Jean Helene. "Museveni Champions 'No Party' Rule." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 5 February 1996. BC
Cycle."Kenya Arrests Ugandan Rebel, Museveni Says." (NEXIS)
_____. 11 June 1995. BC Cycle. Edmond
Kizito. "Ugandan President Faces Growing Array of Rebels."
(NEXIS)
_____. 2 April 1995. "Uganda: Rebels
Threaten War, Minister Abducted." (IAC Newsletter Database 3 Apr.
1995/NEXIS)