Deposed Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was on Tuesday taken to Kobar prison within the Capital, Khartoum even as his close allies remained mum over the revolution that toppled Africa's strongman.
Despite assuring Al-Bashir of support throughout the period of protests, President Uhuru Kenyatta is yet to issue a statement following the coup that saw Al-Bashir's 30 years in the throne ending prematurely.
“Kenya will continue to support Sudan as it manages its internal affairs, because the sovereignty of all IGAD member states is something of great importance to us. As a member of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Sudan is a pillar of stability in the region,” Kenyatta had said.
Awad Ibn Auf, who announced Bashir’s removal and said he was being detained in a “safe place”, stepped down as head of the ruling Transitional Military Council after only a day in the post.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan now heads the council, which has promised to hold elections within two years. On Monday, Abdel said he would also consider stepping down if the opposition and protesters agree on the way forward.
In Kobar Prison, sources say, Al-Bashir is held under tough security of armed soldiers. It's the same facility where most protestors were locked throughout the turbulent five months of demonstrations.
But Uganda's Yoweri Museveni has promised to offer Al-Bashir asylum should the military let him go. He's wanted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes committed in the oil rich Darfur province.
"If Uganda is approached to grant asylum to Bashir it is an issue that can be considered at the highest level of our leadership," state minister for foreign affairs Henry Okello Oryem told AFP.
In the meantime, "Uganda is keenly following the developments in Sudan and we ask the new leadership there to respect the aspirations of the Sudanese people among them peaceful transfer of power to the civilian rule".
Even with the ICC warrant of arrest, Al-Bashir stepped into Kenya in 2013 April when President Uhuru Kenyatta took over. He was also facing charges for crimes against humanity in Kenya's post election violence of 2007/08.