Ex-Amin state employee demands NRM
government to pay his confiscated properties over 50m from Entebbe Air port.
By Robert Ariaka Yiti.
Arua. October 17, 2012.
A man
identified as Baron peter Lau who worked during late Amin’s regime under the principal
private sector protocol in receiving visitors is demanding the national
Resistance Movement government to pay him over 50 million shillings which was
confiscated in Entebbe air port by the time he returned from exile in Saudi Arabia.
According to
a letter of complaint addressed to the speaker of parliament Right Hon Rebecca
Kadaga dated July 10, 2012, through the women member of parliament for Arua
district Christine Abia Bako with REF: Confiscated properties at Entebbe Airport
in 1991, with copies to the British High commissioner and all party leaders in Uganda,
seeking the parliament to discuss his matter and find solutions to his lost
confiscated properties.
Baron peter
Lau is a resident of Ociba parish in Dadamu Sub County Arua district who even
wrote a complaint to the Resident District Commissioner RDC Arua to help him follow
up the matter.
He directly
accuses two people, captain Musinguzi the then Internal Security organization at
Entebbe airport for confiscating his personal effects, sum of US $ 10,000 and
sum of pounds 836456 and other items like his documents from Kenton University
in USA, where he attained bachelor degree in science, Text books, Binoculars, a
big canon camera and other certificates from the college of Preceptors in
United Kingdom.
He said after
the mentioned properties were confiscated, captain Musinguzi handed them over
to Brigadier Jim Muhwezi, the then Director General of ISO from where all the
properties were either sold or hidden for personal benefit.
According Lau,
he was detained for a period of three months in Kisugu barracks as ordered by
Brigadier Muhwezi for further investigations.
“That on
completion of investigations, he was found innocent but it was decided that his
money be given back to him in installments in Ugandan shillings through the
office of DISO Arua” reads part of the letter.
Indeed,
there is evidence that part of his money was paid to the tune of 2.5milion with
copies of the receipt of the money dated Thursday 15th December 1994
where he was paid one million, another receipt dated March 30th 1993
where he was paid 500,000 and another time he received one million summing up to
2.5m but the balance of the dime is still not paid.
According to
Lau Peter, the last time he was paid one million, an assurance was given to him
that, there is no money the accused people owe him arguing they have cheated
him and paid him less money, none of his lost property was recovered and given to
him.
“I want the
ruling government to check these officers who confiscated my property and
money, if they are not available, NRM government is responsible for the loss and
must pay me back since these officers worked in officers granted by this
government” he reiterated.
In specific
interest, I want the government to pay back my 836456 pounds, canon camera, and
binoculars plus the balance of my 10,000 US$ which is equivalent to over 50m,
Lau said in his interview.
End.
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