Opposition leader Kizza Besigye has decried the killings over the weekend in western town of Kasese in the Rwenzori region.
In a tweet that was too disturbing for us to link to here until now, the four-time presidential candidate shares a photo appearing to show more than 30 bodies lying outside the gates of the royal palace in Kasese, with the accompanying text:
“GENOCIDE IN KASESE?? Can’t find what else to call this type of massacre! God save our country from this senseless violence.”
Dr. Besigye and other government critics have uttered allegations that President Museveni is persecuting the people in the Rwenzori area, particularly Kasese district for voting for opposition’s biggest political party , the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) which Besigye subscribes to.
Opposition politicians especially those from the Rwenzori region have on several occasions accused government of persecuting people in the area for voting for FDC in the previous election citing the Saturday and Sunday incidents in which over 60 royal guards were killed and the Omusinga of Rwenzururu kingdom arrested after an attack on his palace in Kasese.
The Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen. Jeje Odong said the rumors could not substantiated because they were baseless.
