The Museveni military regime is
reputed for brutally arresting, kidnapping, torturing and maiming citizens in
its efforts to suppress dissent. Ugly
scenes of brutality by members of the security forces against citizens are a
common scenery in all corners of the country.
Year after year, the police and the army have excelled in torture and
other forms of human rights abuses. The
regime has not bothered to address the issue but instead the situation
continues to worsen. In a few instances
where courts of law have issued orders of pecuniary compensation to victims and
other restraining orders, the regime has simply ignored them.
Apart from a few individuals and
NGOs who have taken the trouble to help some few victims of state violence and brutality,
the majority of victims have been left on their own with no trace, leave alone
any form of help. The main opposition
leader, Dr. Besigye has, to some extent, made efforts to financially help,
visit and highlight the plight of victims.
Currently two Members of Parliament, Hon. Nambooze Bakireke and Hon.
Zaake are overseas undergoing specialized medical attention. They sustained
physical injuries by the Special Forces during the September 2017 fracas on the
floor of parliament.
Hon. Namboze was diagnosed with a
spine injury while Hon. Zaake sustained an injury on the skull by Gen.
Katumba's punch. The tax payer has had
to carry the burden of footing the medical bills of the two MPs expected to
cost about 500M shillings. Members of
Parliament are entitled to a 24M monthly pay, 200M for buying a car and 67.7M
for burial expenses. The other day the Mayor of Kamwenge was tortured to the
marrow by the police who footed his medical bills to the tune of 160M of tax
payers' money at a private medical facility in Kampala.
While the MPs are entitled to
having their medical bills footed by the government, the question Ugandans
should ask is: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
BROKEN SKULLS, ARMS, LIMBS, TEETH, ETC OF OTHER ORDINARY UGANDANS?????? CAN’T
SOMEONE PUT A STOP TO THIS MENACE ONCE AND FOR ALL?????
INFORMATION IS POWER AND DEFIANCE
IS THE WAY TO GO





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