2/7/2026
Retired General David Sejusa has said former Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura was responsible for “about 70%” of the problems he faced within government, but stressed that personal grievances should never determine positions on matters of law and national sovereignty.
In a statement posted on social media, Sejusa said public debate surrounding the extradition of Ugandan national Michael Katungi to the United States had focused excessively on personalities instead of broader legal and constitutional principles.
“Perhaps, about 70% of the problems I had with government were caused by Kale,” Sejusa wrote.
But when he had problems with the Americans over Nalufenya and people celebrated that he would be extradited to the U.S., I said it would be wrong to extradite a Ugandan to the United States. It didn’t matter whether I liked Kale or not.”
The retired general said his opposition to extraditing Ugandan citizens to foreign jurisdictions stems from a matter of principle rather than personal relationships.
I defend the principle, the concept, the ideological correctness of a position and don’t get swayed by individual biases or emotions,” he said.
Sejusa argued that African
societies often struggle to rise above personality-driven politics and instead engage with ideas and institutions.
Quoting the saying, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people,” he lamented what he described as the continent’s tendency to personalise national debates.
The comments are significant given Sejusa’s long and often bitter history with Kayihura and sections of the security establishment.
Sejusa’s fallout with the state intensified in 2013 after he authored a letter alleging a plot to eliminate senior government and military officials opposed to the so-called “Muhoozi Project”—claims that were strongly denied by the government and by Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
At the time, President Museveni had diverged a huge budget from intelligence organs to police under Kayihura.
Kayihura also was a close associate of Gen Muhoozi.
Police’s budget grew from Shs 70bn in 2005 when he was appointed IGP to above Shs 400bn in 2010.
Moreso, Kayihura reportedly sent dossiers to President Museveni, claiming Sejusa who was Coordinator of Intelligence Services and Senior Presidential Advisor, was using his office to collect intelligence against security installations in an alleged plot to oust Museveni.
