Kampala—15, August 2021: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday evening addressed the nation on security situation. Now 77, Museveni condemned country’s security forces for using violent ways and excessive force while handling civilians and opposition.
This is his first public criticism at security forces in years. In recent years, though, the President scolded Police for a similar behavior but would soon find a way of ‘protecting them’.
His address was televised.
He warned security forces that there “should be no killing of any Ugandans for any reason other than in war or when condemned in the court.”
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Gen. Museveni further ordered that they [security forces] should not hold criminal suspects in “custody for long” before trial in the courts of Law.
In November 2020, at least 54 opposition supporters of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine were killed by security forces in Kampala and other towns. The protests leading to the killing followed the arrest of Bobi Wine in Luuka district where he was campaigning for presidency.
Prior to the November 2020 violent incident in Kampala and elsewhere, former FDC party president and presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye, and his supporters faced security brutalities. They killed some with no available data yet—to date.
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