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On June 30, Uganda’s High Court ordered Frank “Kaka” Bagyenda, the former director of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), the country’s domestic intelligence services, and 14 ex-security personnel to compensate Musa Nsereko for torturing and illegally detaining him for over a year without charge.
Click to expand Image Ugandan soldiers patrol in Magere, Uganda, January 14, 2021. 2021 Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images On June 30, Uganda's High Court ordered Frank "Kaka" Bagyenda, the former director of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), the country's domestic intelligence services, and 14 ex-security personnel to compensate Musa Nsereko 175 million Ugandan shillings (about US$47,000) for torturing and illegally detaining him for over a year without charge. The court also awarded Nsereko an additional 100 million Ugandan shillings (about $27,256) for violations of his right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under Uganda's constitution and its binding obligations under international human rights law. Nsereko claimed that on May 18, 2021, plainclothes security forces arrested him in Kyengera, on the outskirts of the capital Kampala. They detained him at ISO "safehouses" before taking him to Lwa
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In October 2020, President Museveni relieved Colonel Frank Kaka Bagyenda of his duties as Director General of Internal Security Organization (ISO). Museveni would later recommend him to the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for vetting as Ugandan Ambassador to Angola. He declined the offer. Almost three years later, Col.Kaka has told Red Pepper why he turned down