KAMPALA – Opposition lynchpin Kizza Besigye has said that it is a surprise that newly appointed URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi Rujoki had not rewarded earlier for his exploits in serving the regime.
In a message posted on his social media pages on Sunday, March 29, shortly after Mr Musinguzi was appointed by President Museveni, Dr Besigye narrated how the new URA Commissioner General testified against him in the trumped case of rape in 2006.
“At the most critical time in the 2006 election campaigns, I was being tried for rape. The trial started soon after I secured court bail. I had been nominated while in Luzira prison charged with (on top of rape) treason, terrorism, and illegal possession of guns,” he said.
“The trial was concluded towards the end of the campaigns but the historic judgment by Justice JB Katutsi was delivered long after the elections.
This case has come back to me vividly after learning of the appointment of a Mr John Musinguzi Rojoki as the new Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA),” he added.
“Mr Musinguzi played a key role in the patently trumped-up rape case. At the time, he worked as the Head of Audit & Finance in the Revenue Protection Services (RPS), then headed by Gen (now) Kale Kayihura. Apparently, during the trial, he’d stepped out to work for a private IT Company.
In his evidence he said that he and his family were known to President Museveni, even before he was appointed to work for RPS because they hail from the same place,” Dr Besigye said.
“He said that he’s the one who took Ms Kyakuwa (the rape case complainant) to meet Mr M7 at State House, where, as the Court heard, the case was “constructed”!
The prosecutor in this, and other cases I faced, was Mr Simon Byabakama, then a Deputy DPP, and now a Judge of the Court of Appeal and Chairman of the Electoral Commission (holding onto both jobs contrary to law).
It’s actually surprising that, unlike his teammates, Gen Kale Kayihura and Justice Simon Byabakama, Mr John Musinguzi Rukoki had not featured prominently in top Government offices!
Well, here he comes, to deal with the COVID19 URA challenge. Happily, I never hold grudges against the myriad of people that have persecuted me and those that continue to do so.
Karibu! I’ve already paid my latest tax bill!”
