Starving Suspects In Detention
Locals in Masaka have petitioned the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights over police cops starving suspects in detention.
Led by a social rights activist identified as Joseph Kasirye, the locals are demanding that the legislators investigate the inhumane treatment going on at police cells in the city.
Kasirye says in addition to suspects being denied food, they are congested in small police cells which is a violation of the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs.
He cited Masaka Central Police Station where suspects are held beyond the mandatory 48 hours with no food, except for a few occasions where well wishers bring in food.
In a petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, a social rights activist Joseph Kasirye wants the MPs to probe into reports of violation of suspects while in police cells.
Starving Suspects In Detention
Kasirye a resident of Kirimya ward, Kimanya-Kabonera division in Masaka city also wants a special inquiry into the management and expenditures of the Uganda Police budget and the allocations to the feeding of suspects countrywide.
Recently,the Bukoto East MP Florence Namayanja reported to the Police Professional Standards Unit-PSU, the Officer in Charge of Masaka Central Police Station Majid Owepukulu, accusing him of starving her while in detention yet was on treatment.
Namayanja was arrested during campaigns in February after police suspected her to be among the mobilizers of political demonstrations that occurred in Masaka.
Muhammad Nsubuga, the Greater Masaka Regional Police Spokesperson has declined to comment on the allegations.
