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Expert Opinion: Why Can’t We Get the law enforcement officers We Want?
By Richard Musaazi There is a huge gap between how we want to be policed, how the police want to police us and how we are actually policed. Why there is this gap and what can be done about it? The brutality exhibited by Uganda’s police force is a result of a number of factors. These include its beginnings under…
Opinion: Can Uganda Police be Reformed?
By Richard Musaazi The lack of accountability in policing, particularly the reluctance to prosecute officers with records of civilian abuse, is intriguing given that no other occupation offers such a level of protection for any form of abuse. Even in cases where officers are charged, the legal outcome tends to be more favourable to police officers than civilians charged with…
Militarizing Police Sets Up Citizens as the Enemy-Expert View
The message sent to police through arming them with military equipment is that they are in fact at war. The killing of more 54 people by Uganda police on 18 and 19 of November 2020 left parts of Ugandan cities looking like battle zones. What is clear from the police is that despite our efforts to promote de-escalation through our articles,…
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Exclusive: Uganda Scores Poorly on Human Rights
For all of these rights, Uganda has a long way to go…
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