Members Of Parliament Storm Out Of Parliament Over Torture Of Fellow MPs

Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, gathered up his instruments of workplace and stormed out of parliament in protest against the alleged torture of Ugandan voters.

Especially those voters UN agency aren’t of the ruling party’s political persuasion.

In a scene intoxicating with preponderating passions, the MPs Sabbatum on the steps that function the approaches of parliament chanting: “We need freedom” “Free our people”.

Mpuuga aforesaid their walkout was in protest against the continuing illegitimate arrests, torture, and killings cultivating a culture of concern across Uganda’s political landscape.

In light-weight of these days the third of Gregorian calendar month 2021, we’ve got it on record that as members of parliament, independents of various parties together with a number of gamey ones of the ruling party walked out of parliament as a protest for the continuing injustice during this country that features, many killings and unaccounted for voters, the torture of voters that every one folks are ready to see and witness,” Mpuuga aforesaid

“While all this is often happening, the state actors area unit unable to elucidate,” he added.

This dramatic protest may be a response to a infective agent video of activist author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija stripped naked to show variety of wounds that area unit allegedly a results of torture.

Kakwenza has been in detention for 2 weeks and these injuries, he said, area unit testament of the state’s brutality.

The PEN Prize International author of spirit receiver, Kakwenza, was inactive from his home 3 weeks past and brought into custody to associate unrevealed location, despite the Chief Magistrates Court in Makindye ordering for his unconditional unharness from detention on Tues, January 4, 2022,

Kakwenza was inactive on Dec twenty eight and control in police custody while not access to his lawyers, family and friends.

According to the law, a suspect can not be control in custody for extended than forty eight hours from the time of arrest unless the choose has signed a grievance, creating associate initial determination that there’s evidence for the charge, or unless the choose finds there’s evidence to detain the person for a extended amount of your time

Eamon Gilmore, UN agency is associate EU Special Representative for Human Rights, aforesaid that he was aghast by Kakwenza’s continuing captivity and alleged torture.

“UGANDA: I’m afraid by reports of alleged torture and incommunicative detention of author @KakwenzaRukira. He remains in detention while not trial, despite a writ for his unconditional unharness. I urge Ugandan authorities to uphold rule of law and group action,” EU envoy tweeted.

However, police Criminal Investigations Division (CID) interpreter, Charles Twiine, aforesaid that holding Kakwenza was among the law.

He aforesaid Kakwenza is suspect of offensive communication arising out of social media posts during which he poured scorn on President Yoweri Museveni and also the 1st Son, conjointly Commander of Land Forces within the African country People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Lt info Muhoozi Kainerugaba