LoP welcomes sanctions on prisons boss

The opposition has welcomed the sanctions imposed on Uganda’s Commissioner General of Prisons, Mr Johnson Byabashaija, saying it’s an opportunity to hold all people involved in human rights violations accountable. The Leader of Opposition Mr Mathias Mpuuga made the remarks while addressing journalists at Parliament where he said that Uganda is part of the global family of humans, and therefore, matters that concern Ugandans whose rights are being violated by people in positions of protection and responsibility is “a very serious matter”. He said that the Babashaija and others should account for the victims of torture since they have been admitting them to prison but they have never exposed the people who torture the suspects and dump them in prison. […]