Death penalty

Child Sacrifice: DPP calls for death penalty

Child Sacrifice: DPP calls for death penalty

The director of public prosecution, Mike Chibita, has asked members of parliament to include in the prevention and prohibition of human sacrifice and harmful practices bill a provision that sentences persons involved in child sacrifice to death. Chibita made the remarks while speaking at a consultative meeting on the proposed prevention and prohibition of human […]

99 year old man defiles 8 year old girl

Police in Buvuma district has today arrested a 99 year old man over defilement of eight year old girl. The police spokesman for central East region, Lameka Kigozi says that the old man who is resident of Namatooke village in BusanziSubCounty, Buvuma District may appear in court on Wednesday. Kigozi says the old man faces […]

Uganda Prisons commissioner General reinstates stand against Death penalty

The commissioner general of the Uganda Prisons Authority Dr Johnson Byabashaija has reiterated the need for the Government to consider scrapping the death penalty saying it does not serve the purpose of the punishment. Byabashaija, who boasts of having presented a number of papers, national and internationally says that death penalty, is not a punishment […]