President Museveni says that the current problem of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was created by Presidents Mobutu Sese Seko, Omar El-Bashir and Joseph Kabila.
“When they (ADF) started their treachery at Nakasero Mosque and Buseruka (Hoima), they were badly hit by the UPDF/ NRA. The remnants fled to Congo and linked up with Mobutu and Bashir. They thought those linkages would give them strength,” Museveni said.
He claims that Mobutu and Bashir armed the ADF in 1996 and used that reinforcement to attack and overrun Mpondwe for over 3 days until they were repulsed to the mountains in a battle that left at least 400 ADF men dead.
“The last attempt was in 2007 when 100 of them invaded the Semiliki National Park but only 17 fled back to Congo, 83 of them remained dead, in the Park. They planted some bombs in Kampala and killed some Sheikhs, but they were defeated and were only kept alive in Congo by the Government of President Kabila which allowed them to reside freely in Eastern Congo.”
Museveni says that Kabila watched on as ADF robbed and killed Congolese, harvested and sold their cocoa, cut and sold timber, illegally mined gold and lived as criminal warlords-real parasites.
“Occasionally, some elements would sneak into Uganda and kill People- like the Sheikhs, Katumba’s daughter, etc. The NRM Government exercised strategic patience and we continued begging the Kabila Government to either rid of these parasites from their country or allow us to help them do it.”
“H.E Kabila was not interested. He was busy with external sponsors. The Congolese People of the East and we the neighbours did not matter. Dharau (okugaya). What can they do? We decided not to overreact but to allow the situation to mature. “
Museveni says Kabila’s behaviour towards ADF revels was the reason Congolese voted his surrogates out and massively elected Tshisekedi