President Yoweri Museveni called on Friday for the extradition from western countries of leaders of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in order that they face trial in Uganda, the government-owned ‘New Vision’ reported on Saturday, 28 July. “We have decisively defeated the ADF in the west, arrested all the urban terrorists and we are now seeking to extradite the ADF leaders abroad,” the paper quoted Museveni as saying in a parliamentary address. According to the ‘New Vision’, one ADF commander, Sheikh Jamil Mukulu, is currently living between Kenya and the United Kingdom, and would be an extradition target for Museveni. If Mukulu turned himself in, he could be eligible for an amnesty which the Ugandan government has offered to all present and former rebels and opposition groups, it added.
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