R 260854Z MAR 09
FM AMCONSUL DURBAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1419
INFO AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 
AMCONSUL DURBAN

S E C R E T DURBAN 000032 
 
 
TERREP 
 
STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, DS/TIA/ITA, DS/TIA/PII.  PRETORIA FOR RSO 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:  3/26/2019 
TAGS: ASEC PTER
SUBJECT: UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST 
ACTIVITIES IN ZANZIBAR AND SOUTH AFRICA 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Edward L. Allen, Regional Security Officer, 
Regional Security Office, ConGen Durban. 
REASON: 1.4 (c) 
 
 
¶1. (S) Summary: On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, RSO interviewed 
two Ugandan males and a Ugandan female who claimed to have 
information relating to terrorist activities in Zanzibar and, 
potentially, in South Africa.  The males provided written 
statements and sketches concerning the presence of al-Qaeda in 
Zanzibar.Qhe information was obtained in late 2005/early 2006. 
 End Summary. 
 
 
¶2. (S) On March 11, 2009, RSO received a call from a man who 
identified himself as Claiser Musk HAM (Note: Full bio data 
listed below. End Note.)  HAM claimed that he and his friend had 
information about terrorists in Zanzibar and South Africa.  HAM 
and his friend were in the vicinity of the office building 
housing ConGen Durban.  RSO agreed to meet them in the lobby of 
the office building.  (Note: ConGen Durban has no facilities to 
handle walk-ins.  End Note.) 
 
 
¶3. (S) Upon meeting, both HAM and his friend, Kasolo Michael 
SEKINOBE, launched into rambling stories about their work for 
the external security forces of Uganda, their subsequent 
departures from Uganda to Tanzania and, eventually, their 
arrival in South Africa.  According to HAM, while working as an 
English teacher in Zanzibar in 2006-2007, he became aware of a 
house in the town of Bububu that he claims is widely known to be 
controlled by al-Qaeda.  HAM says that, among other things, it 
is known as the base of operations for the 1998 Nairobi and Dar 
es Salaam bombings.  HAM also claims to have learned from 
individuals inside the house that they have plans to disrupt the 
2010 World Cup games in South Africa - particularly games in 
which the U.S. team is playing.  They are also training people 
to sneak into the U.S. on cargo ships departing from South 
Africa. 
 
 
¶4. (S) HAM also claims that he ran into one of the residents of 
this house (Ally MABROUK) in Mozambique on February 9, 2009 and 
they entered South Africa together.  HAM says that MABROUK was 
carrying a Barclay's ATM card with 58,000 Rand (approximately 
USD5,800.00) on it.  MABROUK reportedly called HAM at the end of 
February 2009 and said that he (MABROUK) was living in Cape 
Town, South Africa. 
 
 
¶5. (S) Biographical Data: 
 
 
NAME:          Claizer Musk HAM 
 
DPOB:           30JULY1985, Uganda 
 
Cell #:             27-73-188-8777 
 
South African Asylum #:          DBR/001105/07 
 
 
 
NAME:          Kasolo Michael SEKINOBE 
 
DPOB:           25MAY1965, Uganda 
 
Cell #:             27-73-199-6107 
 
South African Asylum #:          DBR/005371/06 
 
 
 
NAME:          Sonia KASJAC KEUHNE (girlfriend/wife) 
 
DPOB:           12JAN1988, Uganda 
 
South African Asylum #:          DBR/001418/07 
 
 
 
¶6. (S) RSO Comment: Both HAM and SEKINOBE were lucid during the 
interview and appeared to believe what they were saying.  It was 
not clear why they had waited so long to report this 
information; HAM only said that he did not want to provide 
"half-baked" information.  Both provided written statements, 
complete with sketches of the house in Zanzibar.  (NOTE: These 
can be pouched to the appropriate office upon request.  End 
NOTE.)  They also provided their cell phone numbers and appeared 
quite eager to be contacted.  They have since followed up on 
this meeting with a telephone call and an e-mail to Embassy 
Pretoria's web site.  Neither asked for any money, asylum or 
anything else.  End Comment. 
 
 
¶7. (U) Point of contact for this matter is RSO Edward Allen 
(AllenEL2(at)state.sgov.gov). 
 
 
DERDERIAN