He was once a happy man and a diplomat. But all his happiness fell with the downfall of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi. After Gadaffi, a man who loved all Africans, Arabs and Muslims with all his heart was killed near Tripoli, the problems of Libya’s ambassador to Uganda, Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain ensued. The government of Uganda asked him to vacate the embassy and hand it over to the new Libyan government.
The Uganda government also stripped his diplomatic immunity and asked him to vacate his residence in Nakasero, Kampala. A source at the Libyan Embassy in Kampala told our journalists that Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain pleaded with president Museveni to have mercy upon him in vain.
Museveni, Gadaffi and Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain were close friends. We are told that it was Abdullah Bujeldain whom Uganda would reportedly send toTripoli to receive money from Gadaffi meant to develop Uganda. But after the down fall of Gadaffi, Bujeldain is forgotten andUgandawants him out of the country.
A source at the Libyan embassy in Kampala intimated to us that Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain is now seeking for an asylum in Uganda for fear of being guilttoned if he goes back to Libya.Uganda’s Foreign Affair’s minister, Okello Oryemu says that Abdullah Bujeldain was evicted because as far as the government of Uganda is concerned, he is no longer the representative of the Libyan government to Uganda.