Uganda: How We Bombed Kampala City
Edrisa Luyima made the confession in an extra-judicial statement that he recorded before magistrate Francis Kobusheshe. His two brothers, Edrisa Nsubuga and Haruna Hassan Luyima, both shop attendants in Kampala, appeared before two magistrates at Nakawa Court, where they also made statements.
The brothers are alleged to be from Butambala, but Hassan Haruna Luyima, 27, is a resident of Kiwafu in Entebbe. Nsubuga is aged 30 years. Hassan Luyima is said to be a businessman based on Majestic Plaza in the city centre and deals in garments. Edrisa Luyima, according to sources, was also operating a shop in Kawempe. The source said Edrisa Luyima was one of the three Ugandans arrested on Thursday by the Kenya police from Mombasa, and deported to Uganda. Luyima arrived at the court at 1:00pm, aboard a Police patrol car, with a hood on his face to disguise his identity. He was made to lie on the floor of the car. The source said Luyima admitted that he received four bomb jackets from Somalia, and then passed them on to his brothers. The ground work for the delivery was carried out in May this year. Three days after the blasts, an unexploded bomb vest as well as a cell phone were found in a Makindye discotheque. Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the blast, which they described as retaliatory for the presence of Ugandan peace-keepers in Somalia. Luyima also said he passed through Kenya to enter Uganda, and delivered the jackets to his brothers who had been “briefed on how to carry out the mission”. The plan was executed after he had sneaked back into Kenya. Security at the Buganda Road Court was tight, and the premises were cordoned off for several hours. People having lunch were ordered to leave the canteen located behind the court building. Luyima was then whisked away and shielded from the prying eyes of the media into the magistrate’s chambers where he spent about two hours, as plain-clothes Police patrolled outside the court. After recording his statement, Edrisa Luyima left the magistrate’s chambers, passed through the courtroom. He was led through the holding cell’s tunnel and whisked away by Police to an unknown destination. At Nakawa Chief Magistrates’ court, Edrisa Nsubuga and Haruna Hassan Luyima, spent over six hours recording statements under heavy Police guard. The public were barred from the place. Haruna Hassan Luyima said he transported the suicide bombers while scouting for the most suitable places for the bomb blasts, the source said. Nsubuga was dressed in blue faded jeans, hand-cuffed and the head covered with a grey jacket. Luyima was dressed in a similar pair of jeans and a strip T-shirt. He covered his head with a sweater. After their statements the suspects were driven off in separate police patrol vehicles at about 6:30pm as curious onlookers stood in the court premises. The head of the investigations carried away the file containing the statements. The suspects appeared weak as they walked to the Police vehicles nearby. Meanwhile, in Kenya the man who allegedly harboured the three Ugandans was charged in a Mombasa court on Monday. Salmin Khamisi Mohammed denied the charges and was granted bail.
On July 30, the three Kenyans Idris Magondu, 42, Hussein Hassan Agade and Mohammed Aden Abdow were charged in Kampala with 89 offences. The New Vision
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