A perturbed Ugandan citizen has jointly sued three prison wardens for allegedly torturing a one Jeremiah Tendo while on remand in Kayunga prisons.

The prison warders have been sued together with the Attorney General in a suit at the Civil Division of High Court.

Julius Asiimwe Rubarema has only identified the prison warders as Oga, Dola, and Enyaru.

Rubarema contends that in  February 2018 while on duty the three Prison Warders led inmates to dig on a private farm in Kayunga District, unknown to Tendo the victim.

Rubarema says Tendo informed him of the incident during his visit to him at Luzira prisons on October 24th, 2019.

Rubarema says that Tendo narrated to him that while digging on that farm, he cleared his portion ahead of other inmates and in the process, Dola and Enyaru started assaulting him.

They reportedly ordered him to go back and plough his portion, which he had reportedly completed. His attempts to explain to the warders that he had completed his assignment earned him merciless beatings, which shuttered his leg and foot.

Rubarema says the suspect who was in great pain was taken back to the cells where he was given pain killers. However, his situation worsened and couldn’t be managed by the Medical facility at Ntenjeru. He was transferred to Luzira Murchison Bay where he is still on remand.

Through his lawyer, Godfrey Akakimpa, Rubarema contends that Tendo’s left leg and foot that were shuttered by the respondents are rotting and need immediate treatment or possibly amputation. He supports the application with Tendo’s pictures, which show grave wounds on the leg, his affidavit and that of Ramadhan Kato.

According to the court documents, the inmate arraigned before Bale Magistrates court in Kayunga District on charges of attacking his colleague, which he denied.

Rubarema, who has sued in his capacity to enforce Tendo’s human rights, now wants the court to declare that the actions of the respondents of subjecting the inmate to slavery amount to aggravated torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

He also wants the court to acquit Tendo, order his immediate release from Luzira prisons and award him Shillings 16 billion on grounds that he was tortured.

The Uganda Prisons Spokesperson, Frank Baine declined to comment on the matter, saying it is before court.