The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has directed the Committee on Human Rights to investigate the alleged human rights violations by security operatives.
Hon Mpuuga later told journalists that they intend to return to Parliament in two weeks with a motion on the plight of tortured and missing persons. He explained that the security agencies have continued to torture and detain suspects at ungazzeted places, denying them access to justice in the courts of law.
“Our first action is this protest, it will go on for the next two weeks but in the meantime we shall be coming here everyday to inform the country of our next course of action,and I want to inform families of the victims that this must end now. If Mps on the ruling party are shameless and believe that torture is preserved for only those against them they can go on ,but I can assure them,they have no business as long as citizens are being terrorized,” He said
Mpuuga said that they have on several occasions raised the matter of incarceration of their colleagues, Hon Muhammad Ssegirinya, the Kawempe North MP and Hon Allan Ssewanyana, the Makindye West MP without trial, in vain.
The Minister of Public Service, Hon Muruli Mukasa in response to reports of alleged human rights violations by security operatives said that torture is not a policy of government or a method of interrogation.
“The law on this is very clear. The President has in his own words stated the position and policy of government,” Muruli said.
She questioned; “Who makes them do that? Are they above the law? Do you need our help, if you do, we are here,” she said.
A committee led by Hon Fox Odoi will investigate the allegations of torture as mandated by the Rules of Procedure saying that MPs need to debate based on facts.
“The committee will start investigations on 10 February 2022. Every cultured person should detest torture. The Bible instructs us to treat fellow humans only as we want them to treat us,” Odoi said.
