VIDEO: Members of Parliament on the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee of Parliament are left in shock after they learnt that the prisons department leased out 63 acres of land for only shillings 1.5 million shillings. The said land is found at Kigungu, and was reportedly rented to Son Fish Limited. The …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs visit jailed ADF leader Jamil Mukulu
VIDEO: Legislators on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee of Parliament have visited former Allied Democratic Front leader Jamilu Mukulu who is detained at Nalufenya Police in Jinja to assess the alleged torture and inhumane treatment against him. The legislators led by committee chairperson Judith Nabakoba, grilled the Nalufenya police officers …
Read More »VIDEO: President Museveni explains why he supports death penalty
NBS: The commander in chief Gen Yoweri Museveni has expressed disappointment with proponent pushing for the scrapping of the death penalty , saying it could cause social disorder. The President who heavily relied on the bible to illustrate his believe in the functionality of the death sentence, he said the …
Read More »Doctors cannot visit Besigye at Luzira Prison – Gov’t
The Uganda prisons services acknowledges to have stopped doctors of the embattled opposition leader retired col. Kiiza besigye from accessing him in Luzira after failure to comply with set guidelines. Share on:
Read More »PRISONS: 149 officers promoted
Uganda Prisons Commissioner General Dr Johnson Byabashaija has today announced 149 promotions of prisons officers by President Museveni. Promotions to the ranks of Director of Prisons and Commissioner of Prisons take effect from May 12 2016 while promotion to the ranks of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Senior Superintendent of Prisons, …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Uganda Armed Forces post-election thanksgiving
PICTORIAL: The armed forces have today held a “Thanksgiving” ceremony for maintaining peace and security before during and after elections. President Yoweri Museveni, who is also Commander In Chief, was chief guest. Ugandan musicians, under the “Tubonga Nawe” tag, entertained the various forces after a march past in which different …
Read More »Hard life in Ugandan prisons
By Joseph Amon Congestion is over 200%. Some prisoners wait for more than five years to be tried while exposed to deadly diseases. President Museveni’s proposal to eliminate bail for certain nonviolent crimes is a challenge to the constitutional rights of Ugandans. But it also raises an interesting question: Where …
Read More »A taste of hell in Uganda prisons
By Isaac Mufumba He is perched on a heap of second hand clothes in a stall in Jinja central market. He turns his head to have a clearer view of us. The face and arms bear scars. His left eye, he says, no longer functions. This is Godfrey Dhikusooka, the …
Read More »Good deeds in Uganda prisons come at a price
By Ariel Rubin In the office-cum-waiting room of the African Prison Project (APP) house in Luzira, a big green poster board is plastered with photographs of groundbreaking ceremonies and newspaper clippings extolling the many achievements of the NGO and its 24-year-old founder and Director General, Alexander McLean. Also, emblazoned is …
Read More »Hope in Uganda’s prisons
By Ryan Schuette On a normal day, Alexy Agala goes to the library, finds a book on land law and studies land reform. It helps the inmate with his day in court his clan charged him on a matter related to his familys land and passes the time while he …
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