The Military Court, presided over by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe, remanded the accused until January 14, 2025, when the court will decide whether it has jurisdiction to try the case.
The Belgian was deported last night, on the orders of the Internal Affairs Minister, Gen Jeje Odong making him the fourth employee of the company to be a prohibited immigrant declared under section 52 g of the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act.
Through his lawyer, Evans Ochieng, Awadh objected to the deportation orders, saying he is Ugandan. He argued that he is a biological son to the late Omar Awadh, an Arab of Kenyan origin and Fatuma Said Abdallah, a munyankore by tribe and Ugandan by nationality.
The complaints follow the arrest of more than 12 Rwandan Nationals between January and August 2018 by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and Internal Security Organisation operatives.
The Principal State Attorney Lino Anguzo said that the lawyers of the applicant erred in law when a civil related application was served to the DPP. He advised that the DPP be struck off from the case and the case be instituted against the Attorney General of Uganda.
He was arrested on Sunday night from his mothers home in Kawuku on Entebbe road as he awaited hearing of an application contesting his deportation. He is currently being detained at Special Investigations Unit SIU Kireka.
Anguzo informed Court that he had received orders from the Internal Affairs Minister for the deportation of Awadh Omar Awadh, Muhammad Hamid Suleiman and Yahaya Suleiman to Kenya.
The 26 pleaded guilty and Grade II Magistrate Isaac Kabyanga ordered each of them to pay a fine of UGX 100,000 in respect to count one and UGX 20,000 in respect to count two before they are deported.
In his suit, Hugh claims the Internal Affairs minister does not give reasons as to why he branded him ‘undesirable’ person who deserves to be deported back to his home country, despite fact that he was not a criminal.
