Monday, 13 November 2017

Are the spines and skulls of other #Ugandans made of steel???



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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