Re: {UAH} M23 Boss Col. Makenga is Feared Carrying the HIV Virus as Ugandan Govt gets Worried

Gen. Makenga speaks ripe French. He is a gentleman.



On 11/14/13, Bobby Musoke <bobbymusoke@gmail.com> wrote:



> Forumists,

>

> It looks to me like this story is a rehash of opinions that have been

> posted on UAH about Sultan Makenga.It might even be a broad hint from our

> Tutsi friends that Sultan Makenga is about to die from foul play.

>

> What i find surprising is the statement that Sultan Makenga is about to die

> from aids!

> A good number of our Tutsis bosses in Kla have been rumoured to have aids

> since 1986 but nobody has come out to state that any of them are about to

> die.

>

> Sultan Makenga wenenye kirabika you are about to meet your maker.

>

>

>

>

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:47 AM, william Ekwelu <

> williamekwelu@googlemail.com> wrote:

>

>>

>>

>>

>> *M23 Boss Col. Makenga is Feared Carrying the HIV Virus as Ugandan Govt

>> gets Worried he Might Die in its Custody, Plans to Relocate Him to

>> Another

>> Country Takes Form*

>>

>> *By Fred Daka Kamwada & Agencies *

>>

>> Col sultan Makenga is a slender man in his late 30s, who walks with a

>> limp, weighs about 55 kilograms, the same light-weight kilograms as Gen

>> Laurent Nkunda of the CNDD another rebel group that was a precursor to

>> the

>> M23, is hard to predict.

>>

>> He doesn't look like an ambitious military leader like so many rebel

>> leaders. He speaks fluent Swahili with a soft touch but doesn't seem to

>> know a word of English or French.

>>

>> He virtually looks lazy and clueless and doesn't seem to have the

>> shrewdness akin to rebel leaders or the fortitude associated with rebel

>> leaders. There are whispered rumours that he carries the HIV Aids virus

>> which he could have contracted during the years they plundered eastern

>> Congo and raped many.

>>

>> He has red lips and walks with a stick for support. His sickness has put

>> the Ugandan government on tenterhooks. One official who has seen him told

>> this reporter that Makenga is actually about to die.

>>

>> ''The man (Makenga) is very weak that he cannot walk without the support

>> of a stick. He is obviously suffering from the HIV virus because he has

>> all

>> the symptoms associated with the deadly disease'' said the officials who

>> declined to disclose other details.

>>

>> *Center of a Storm *

>>

>> But despite the sickness allegations and slender body, you under estimate

>> him at your own peril, for the slender dark skinned leader of the M23 is

>> now at the centre of the storm and about to cause war in the great lakes

>> region between the Ugandan government and Democratic Republic of Congo.

>>

>> He has been in command of the M23 rebel group that has been fighting the

>> Kinshasa government for the last two years.

>>

>> Last week his 1000+ plus strong insurrectionist M23 group was defeated by

>> the combined force of the Congolese with the eager support of Tanzania

>> and

>> the United Nations force. And they were kicked out of their strongholds

>> in

>> parts of Rutsuru, Goma, and Bunagana before being forced to retreat to

>> Uganda.

>>

>> On November 7, 2013, he surrendered with hundreds of M23 fighters in

>> Mgahinga National Park, Uganda. The BBC world service reported that Brig

>> Makenga and about 1,700 fighters were hastily disarmed and are being held

>> in a secret location.

>>

>> But the official version is that he is in the custody of the Ugandan

>> government contrary to the expectations of the DRC govt which want him to

>> answer for crimes he committed in the eastern parts of Congo.

>>

>> It's widely believed that Makenga was the reason why the much publicised

>> talks between the M23 and the DRC collapsed early this week.

>>

>> It's said that the talks collapsed because the Congolese govt simply

>> wanted an assurance that Makenga would account for his crimes while the

>> M23

>> group want to convert him into their political leadership.

>>

>> The Ugandan govt thought the two warring parties would agree, but Ugandan

>> defense minister Crispus Kiyonga was embarrassed when the DRC govt opted

>> to

>> walkout of the talks.

>>

>> *Relocate Makenga *

>>

>> Now news reaching our desk shows that the Ugandan government is now

>> toying

>> with the idea of relocating the M23 leader to another country amidst

>> protests from the Congolese government, that wants him tried for the war

>> crimes.

>>

>> This week the Ugandan government spokesperson Zephaniah Ofwono Opondo

>> (ZOO) told the media that a decision on whether to hand him over would

>> have

>> to wait until a peace deal is signed between DR Congo and the M23 rebels.

>>

>> But both DR Congo and the UN are adamant that the M23's top commanders

>> will not be given amnesty, and wants him extradited to Congo.

>>

>> But Makenga is lucky that he has no ICC arrest warrant hanging over his

>> head. Nevertheless the UN Security Council imposed a travel ban and asset

>> freeze on him last year, accusing him of being responsible for the

>> "killing

>> and maiming, sexual violence, abduction, and forced displacement" - a

>> reference to the fact that some 800,000 people fled their homes during

>> the

>> 19-month rebellion.

>>

>> The other glitch is that Uganda has no extradition treaty with the Congo.

>> This makes it difficult for the Ugandan govt to hand him over to the

>> Kinshasa.

>>

>> *Failing Health *

>>

>> The Ugandan govt has been put in a catch twenty situation as the issues

>> of

>> his failing health also come to the fore. He is visibly sick and is

>> beginning g to weaken every day. It's believed that he is under intensive

>> medical care.

>>

>> Writing in the 'Thinking Africa' blog, DR Congo researchers Timo Mueller

>> and Christoph Vogel recall meeting him in April at an over-run government

>> military base in the small village of Rumangabo, in eastern DR Congo.

>>

>> They wrote that Makenga did not look well when they met him. "One

>> observation was striking: Makenga seemed exhausted, leaning deep - almost

>> crouching - into the chair, while his face and eyes remained vivid as if

>> juxtaposed against his fatigue. His entourage surrounded us, and his

>> mannerisms remained limited and slow," they said.

>>

>> That was about seven months ago when the researchers met him. His

>> situation has worsened to an extent that he is about to die. The Ugandan

>> govt wouldn't want such a person to die in its custody because it would

>> lead to all sorts of conspiracy theories to fly around. But the DRC govt

>> wants him… dead or alive. *Watch this space for more updates *

>>

>> http://investigator.co.ug/politics/1199-m23-boss-badly-sick.html

>>

>>

>> --

>> "When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all

>> beehives"

>>

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