It seems whoever has access to guns in Uganda has a right to kill and walks away safely. When you open newspapers printed in Uganda you can not fail to read stories of policemen, soldiers and state aides who have shot people to death and investigations into the matter stops naturally.

The spokesperson of Uganda’s main prison, Luzira, Frank Baine, told journalists that the prison warders have a right to shoot stubborn inmates and they have no case to answer since they do it in the line of duty.

Baine says that the prison warders are free to fire bullets at any prisoner who attempts to escape or who attempts to disarm the prison officers. Baine gave an example of an inmate at Luzira who was shot in the legs on Monday as he was attempting to flee.

Bernard Wabwire is now nursing bullet wounds at Mulago Hospital after he was shot in a futile escape attempt at Luzira magistrate’s court.

Baine says that the Prison Act allows use of guns in order to apprehend prisoners trying to escape.
The Penal Code Act provides that a prisoner who attempts to escape from custody is expected to serve a sentence ranging from six months to two years in addition to his previous punishment.

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They met with former Arua Municipality MP, Godi Akbar and former Toro Prime Minister John Katuramu and veteran journalist, Tedy Sezi Cheye among other prisoners.

The inmates mentioned were in Great Spirit. The prisons officials stopped us from visiting other inmates because we could expose the prison secrets to the public.

Our informer Walakira Nyanzi handled over three copies of a book about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln called ‘THE TEAM OF RIVALS” to former MP Godi Akbar, Katuramu and Tedy Sezi Cheye. Katuramu and Godi were convicted over murder while Cheye corruption. Some of the prisoners interviewed told our news squad that cases of homosexuality and out break of cholera were so many inside the prison.

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Inmates at Luzira prison have petitioned UN to register their claims which involve the long detention in prison without trial. Some of the prisoners who have petitioned UN include those who were arrested during theBugandakingdom riots in 2009.

The inmates in their petition indicated that many prisoners are languishing at Luzira prison and other unknown places after theBugandakingdom riots when President Museveni’s security agents blocked the Katikkiro of Buganda Eng. JB Walusimbi from visiting Kayunga ahead of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi’s visit in the area.

The Kabaka was scheduled to visit Kayunga to openBugandakingdom youths day cerebrations. A number of the suspects were reportedly picked from their homes, places of work and places of worship. Painfully to note, the whereabouts of some of the suspects ofBugandariots is not started. The inmates want UN to assist them to urgeUgandagovernment and security agents to release them.

By Christine Kate

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