Following an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, the Uganda Prisons authorities banned all visits to prisons including Luzira prison. But the FDC president Col. Kiiza Besigye says this could be a ploy by the government to block the assistance FDC has been sending to political prisons whom president Museveni’s government imprisoned without trial.

However Frank Baine, the prisons spokesperson says that the visits were banned as one of the measures to prevent the spread of Ebola in prisons.

“The suspension of visits at Luzira prison is aimed at preventing infected persons from coming into contact with prisoners at Luzira,” he says.

But Col. Besigye has challenged the prisons authorities to sensitize prisoners on the spread of Ebola than banning normal visits.

Ebola broke out in Uganda three weeks back and it has so far killed over 30 people around the country and scores of others are still under doctors’ surveillance.

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The Prisons’ publicist, Frank Beine says out of the 69 candidates who sat for PLE last year, 7 got first grade; 31 got 2^nd grade while 13 were in 3^rd division 3.

In division 4, 6 inmates got 4^th grade, 3 were in Division U while 9 missed the examinations.

Beine says Semakula Frank was the best student with a total of Aggregate 8, having scored 2 aggregates in English, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science.

Those who got aggregate 9 include Abele Asuman, Okello Vincent John and Ziraba Daniel.

Solomon Ahimbisibwe got Aggregate 11, having scored 3 in English, 3 in Science, 2 in Social Studies and 3 in Mathematics.

Kizza David Willington and Abubaker Hassan both scored 12 aggregates.

Among those in Division X, having not sat any of the examinations are Opolot John Stephen, Sam Drichi Edema, Justus Andrew Tukamushaba, Ibrahim Ruhweza and Stephen Opus.

Others are Moses Musisi, Peter Kiiza, Alaali Jackson and Agaba Richard.

Beine says the Upper Prisons School garnered a 95% success rate in the 2011 examinations.

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