The International Crimes Division (CID) of the High Court sitting in Kampala has on Wednesday rejected a request by the captured Lord Resistance Army former commander Thomas Kwoyelo who asked to be tried by the Hague based International Criminal Court.
He made the request to go to the ICC as the second phase of his trial began at the International Crimes Division of the High Court.
Mr Kwoyelo also wants to be granted bail on health grounds, although his lawyers have not yet applied for it.
The rebel commander accused of leading massacres against civilians in northern Uganda.
Thomas Kwoyelo faces dozens of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) between 1993 and 2005.
He surrendered to the Ugandan army in 2009 and has complained at the slow progress of the trial which began four years ago and has been hampered by logistical challenges and the coronavirus pandemic.
He rose to the rebel rank of colonel and is the first LRA commander to be tried in Uganda.
