drug trafficking - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 MPs want Uganda prisoners abroad to be repatriated https://www.weinformers.com/2012/02/15/mps-want-uganda-prisoners-abroad-to-be-repatriated/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/02/15/mps-want-uganda-prisoners-abroad-to-be-repatriated/#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:20 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=19050 Members of Parliament want government to enter into treaties with other countries to repatriate Ugandans prisoners currently held in foreign prisons. Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze Bakireke notes that countries such as Malaysia and China are holding in custody several Ugandans on charges of drug trafficking, murder and other crimes. Nambooze says efforts by some […]

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]]> Members of Parliament want government to enter into treaties with other countries to repatriate Ugandans prisoners currently held in foreign prisons.

Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze Bakireke notes that countries such as Malaysia and China are holding in custody several Ugandans on charges of drug trafficking, murder and other crimes.
Nambooze says efforts by some of the Justice Ministries in these countries have tried to contact their Ugandan counterparts have been futile since the latter have not been receptive.
She says there should be an exchange programme where prisoners in foreign countries can serve their sentences in their home states.

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2012/02/15/mps-want-uganda-prisoners-abroad-to-be-repatriated/feed/ 0 Government urged to follow up Ugandans jailed for drug trafficking https://www.weinformers.com/2011/08/10/government-urged-to-follow-up-ugandans-jailed-for-drug-trafficking/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/08/10/government-urged-to-follow-up-ugandans-jailed-for-drug-trafficking/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:16:41 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=15188 A member on the internal affairs committee and MP, Makindye West, Al Haji. Hussein Kyanjo has said there is need for the government of Uganda to hold talks with Iran and Afghanistan among other countries to settle or reduce on the punishment yet to be given or which was given to Ugandans who were caught trafficking illegal […]

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]]> A member on the internal affairs committee and MP, Makindye West, Al Haji. Hussein Kyanjo has said there is need for the government of Uganda to hold talks with Iran and Afghanistan among other countries to settle or reduce on the punishment yet to be given or which was given to Ugandans who were caught trafficking illegal drugs into their countries.

Speaking to the MP on the gravity of the matter in and outside the country, Kyanjo states that he has seen a good number of Ugandans in those countries on charges of drug trafficking and are awaiting huge sentences.

There was concern by some MPs on whether the move will not be seen as if the government condones drug trafficking.

But Kyanjo insists the Ugandan government should hold talks with those governments to see to it that Ugandans who were arrested are brought back home to serve their respective sentences from home or else reduce on their punishments.

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