By Sania Babirye
The judiciary has indefinitely adjourned the pre trial hearing for former Lords Resistance Army commandant colonel Thomas Kwoyelo.
The pre trial was expected to resume today in hope of it being completed to have the case forwarded before a panel of five justices of the international crimes division of the high court for a full trial.
However the judiciary through their official page have announced that the pre trial has been idefinatly been adjourned and a new date will be communicated.
The judiciary has however not given any reason as to why Kwoyelo's pre trial has been adjourned indefinitely.
Last month, Kwoyelo's new lawyer Dalton Oponya informed justice Susan Okalany that Kwoyelo was at the verge of committing suicide in Luzira maximum prison were he has been held since his capture in 2008 due to government's refusal to grant him amnesty yet his colleagues which he surrendered with to UPDF have since been granted amnesty coupled with his continued detention in Luzira prison without trial since 2010 yet court refused to grant him bail.
Apart from state failing to complete his pre trial hearing, Kwoyelo also suffered a set back after he was deserted by his two lawyers Caleb Alaka and Evans Ochenge forcing justice Okalany to fail to confirm the 67 war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The crimes were allegedly committed during the 20 year war in Northern Uganda between 1992 to 2005 led by LRA leader Joseph Kony and he has been in detention since being captured in 2008 from DRC.
In November 2017, the court ruled that Kwoyelo who claims to have been abducted at 17 years while in primary three was properly being tried before the international crimes division of the high court on charges including murder, sexual enslavement, rape, toture of people in IDP camps and abduction and also ruled that he is not eligible for amnesty.
Prosecution states that between 1993 and 2005, in the present day Amiru district, in Northern Uganda,Kwoyelo with others still at large, and being a commander in the LRA, directed an attack to murder and kidnap civilians who were no active part in the hostilities.