Torture Is Not Acceptable And Should Be Condemned By Everybody – Mama Mbabazi

Posted by: Suubi Anne in Uganda news February 17, 2022

Former Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi has said torture is not in any way acceptable and should be condemned. He has added his voice to many who recently condemned the ongoing torture.

Much as he belongs to NRM, he says these are some of the things that they fought against in the war that brought NRM to power.

“I belong to NRM because I subscribe to principles and laws of the NRM. One of the things we fought for was freedom for our people. This is irrespective of the political opinion you have but also a society ruled by law so that we live in peace with each other. Torture is therefore unacceptable. It is in breach of our law,” Mbabazi said.

Amama Mbabazi says the only reason torture was prominent in Amin’s regime was that it was the only way to get information out of suspects. However, he says currently, this should not be the case in this era, there are several ways of making suspects talk.

“Torture is not a civilized way of doing anything. It was used extensively in Idi Amin’s time and attributed to their incapability to do an effective job as a state. I believe the government of NRM and NRM don’t subscribe to torture. They should continue to condemn it and take strong effective measures to stop it,” he said.

Meanwhile, President Museveni, last year warned security agencies against violations of human rights including torture.

“Why do you beat a suspect? Is it because you are too lazy to interrogate him? Of course, these are criminals. The police had done a wonderful job to very well get these people but why spoil it with this nonsense of beating. Even if suspects don’t admit guilt but investigators do their job well, criminals can get convicted.”

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