Police chief Gen Kale Kayihura is seeking Court redress stopping sections of the media from publishing information related to the assassination of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi.
The affected media houses are the Red Pepper, online news sites; Chimpreports, the investigator, the Ugandan plus their editors in chiefs.
These include Stanley Ndawula, owner of The Investogator, Giles Muhame Chief Editor of Chimpreports and Dixon Kagurusi of The Ugandan.
Through the attorney general William Byaruhanga, Kayihura has petitioned Court for orders barring the said media houses from further publication of any such news in as far AIG Kaweesi’s death is concerned till security investigations are complete.
Kayihura last week while appearing at Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) head offices in Bugolobi said that the media was releasing information that is detrimental to his investigations.
However, the family of the slain officer has criticised the force for its silence on the progress of the investigations.
In an affidavit sworn by Gen Kale Kayihura, the Inspector of Police says that continuous publication of these stories includes confidential internal correspondence amongst security agencies on the murder investigations of AIGP Kaweesi and that it is injurious to the ongoing investigations and more so bound to jeopardize the security of Uganda.
Gen. Kayihura is in particular outraged by Red Pepper publication of 18th April 2017, where a missive report about the murder investigation is reported with a promise of published more details in subsequent publications.
“That it is in interest of the ongoing investigation and national security that an interim order doth issue retraining the respondents from publishing information relating to the investigation which information is confidential, publication of which is likely to jeopardize the work of Uganda Police Force and other security agencies in Uganda but also threatens to interfere with the work on high profile criminal investigations by the security agencies until disposal of the main suit” part of the affidavit sworn by Gen. Kayihura reads in part.
Kaweesi was executed last month on 17th alongside his body guard Erau Kenneth and driver Godfrey Mambewa.