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REPORT OF THE ADHOC COMMITTEE ON THE PLIGHT OF

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND OTHER SUSPECTS WHO WERE
BRUTALLY ARRESTED AND DETAINED BY SECURITY FORCES IN
THE RUN UP TO THE ARUA MUNICIPALITY BY-ELECTIONS OF 15TH
AUGUST 2018

AUGUST 2018

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...................."....'... 3

2. Composition of the Adhoc Committee... ...........................4

3. Terms of reference of the Adhoc Committee 4

+. Methodology ..............................5

5. TOR 1: Whether indeed the suspects in detention were in Gulu..6

6, TOR 2: The physical condition of the suspects....,,.....,..................-........7
7. Whether the rights ofthe detained suspects were being
respected. ................9

8. The charges preferred against the detainees,,,.,,....,..,........................... 13

9, Attendant observations and recommendations..............,,..,...,,,,.,......., 13
9.1 The need to save the life ofHon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu
and other suspects in dire state 13
9,2 The stature and dignity of Parliament.................................,......,....,,,,.., 15
9.3 The need for protection of the dignity of the common Ugandan
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9,4 The role of the military in law enforcement ............17
9.5 Conclusion,, .......................... 18

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 1, Introduction
On the 15tt day of August 2018, the Parliament of Uganda resolved to
constitute an Adhoc Committee to ascertain the condition of the
Members of Parliament and other people with whom they were arrested
on the eve of the by-election in Arua municipality.

This was a culmination of two unsatisfactory attempts by the lront bench

to explain the circumstances of arrest, the whereabouts, plight and
condition of Members of Parliament in detention and that of other
suspects who were ailege dly tortured.

On the 14th day of August 2O18, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon.
Abubaker Odongo Jeje presented a statement on the security situation
that pertained in Arua Municipality on the evening of 13th August 2018
in which he admitted that the Government had arrested MPs; Paul
Mwiru (Jinja East), Robert Kyagulanyi (Kyadondo East), Gerald
Karuhanga (Ntungamo Municipality), Zaake Prancrs (Mityana
Municipality), former MP Mabikke Michael and several other suspects
allegedly for obstructing the convoy of the President.

On 15tt August 2018, the Leader of the Opposition, Rt. Hon. Aol Betty
Ocan rose on a matter of urgent public importance expressing grave
concern over the condition of the MPs in detention seeking answers from
Government about their whereabouts and physical condition on the
backdrop of reports and graphic images pointing to their gross physical
abuse and severe torture.

In , the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Depuly Leader of

response
Government Business, the Rt. Hon. Gen (Rtd) Moses Ali first informed
the House that he was ignorant of the whereabouts and condition of the
detained MPs but later undertook to find out and report to the House.

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This prompted a one-hour suspension of House proceedings pending his
feedback.

In his feedback to the House, Rt. Hon. Gen. (Rtd) Moses Ali denied
reports that the suspects in detention had been tortured. He added that
Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu was in Gulu for medical attention and
that he was found with a gun and would be arraigned before the General
Court Martial in Gulu on Thursday 16th August 2O18, while the other
suspects would be arraigned before the Magistrate's Court in Gulu on the
same day.

The House raised concern about the inherent contradiction in the

response of the Second Deputy Premier, denying torture of the suspects
in detention and at the same time stating that Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert
was in Gulu for medical attention.

It is against this background that the House resolved to constitute an Ad

Hoc Committee to immediately travel to Gulu-where the suspects were
reportedly being detained to ascertain their physical condition and
witness their appearance in Court on 16ft August 2018.

2. Composition of the Adhoc Committee

The Committee comprised the following Members;
i) Hon. Amule Doreen, (Woman MP Amolatar District) -Chairperson
ii) Hon. Kamateeka Jovah, (Woman MP Mitooma District)-Member
iii) Hon. Lubega Medard Sseggona, (MP Busiro East)-Membcr
iv) Hon. Baryayanga Andrew Aja, (MP Kabale Municipality)-Member
v) Hon. Atiku Bernard, (MP Ayivu County)-Membcr
vi) Hon. Ssewanyana A11an, (MP Makindye West)-Member

3. Terms of reference of the Adhoc Committee

The Adhoc Committee set out to ascertain:

i) Whether indeed the suspects in detention were in Gulu,

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iii) The charges preferred against the detainees,
iv) Whether the rights of the detained suspects were being respected

4. Methodology
To accomplish the aforelisted TORs, the Committee;

a) Traveled to Gulu in the morning of Thursday 16th August 2018 and

interfaced with;

i) The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) 4th Division

Commander Brigadier Kanyesigre Emmanuel
ii) Officials at the Magistrate's Court in Gulu
iii) Other MPs who were already on the ground in Gulu, namely; Hon.
Okumu Ronald Reagan, Hon. Asuman Basalirwa, Hon. Akol
Anthony, Hon. Kiiza Winifred and Hon. Kasozi Ibrahim Biribawa.

b) Accessed and interfaced with the following MPs in detention

i) Hon. Mwiru Paul (Jinja East, FDC)
ii) Hon. Karuhanga Gerald (Ntungamo Municipality, Indp)

c) Accessed and interfaced with the following former MPs in detention

i) Hon. Mabikke Michael (Former MP, Makindye East)

ii) Hon. Ezati Kassiano Wadri (Former MP, Terego and MP Elect, Arua
Municipality
d) Visited the Uganda Peoples Defence Forccs 4th Division barracks in
Gulu-thc allcgcd detention facility where Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert
Sentamu was being held.

e) Interfaced with the wife of the Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu.

f) Visited Makindye Military Barracks on Monday 2Oe August 2O18 and
interfaced with the dctained MP, Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu.

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 5. TOR 1: Whether indeed the suspects in detention were in Gulu
At about 9:00am on 16ti August 2018, the Committee found Hon. Mwiru
Paul, Hon. Karuhanga Gerald, Hon. Wadri Kassiano, Hon, Mabikke
Michael and about 26 othcr suspects at the holding facility for suspects
at the Magistrates' Court in Gulu, awaiting appearance before the Court.
Five of the suspects were women. Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu and
Hon. Zaake Francis were not among them.

Later when the Committee met with thc UPDF 4th Division
Commander Brigadier Kanyesigze Emmanuel, he initially denied holding
Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu at his barracks, but later implicitly
contradictcd himself. He informed the Committee that Hon. Kyagulanyi
had been brought to the barracks, specifically to the military hospital for
treatment of injuries sustained in a fight with unknown people, Taskcd
to reveal the identities of u,hoever had brought Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert to
the military facility, he referred the Committee to thc Special Forces
Command (SFC) and the Police.

The Committees observes gross insincerity on the part of the

military at the Gulu Military barracks considering that within a few
hours ofdenying the presence of Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu
in detention at the barracks, he was arraigned in the General Court
Martial sitting at the same barracks.

At the time of the Committee's visit to Gulu, the whereabouts of Hon.

Zaake Francis wcrc unknown to both thc Policc and Military at the time,
rarsing further questions about his fate especially in light of gory images
of him that circulated on social media a few days earher. The Committee
found this strangc considcring that Hon. Zaakc Francis had been
arrested by the military together with the other suspects. The Committec
er learnt on Sunday 19th August 2018 that Hon. Zaake had been

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found dumped in the vicinity of Rubaga Hospital 1n Kampala by
unknown people.

However when the Committee later attended the court session at the
Chief Magistrate's Court in Gulu, where the suspects were charged with
the offence of treason, the charge sheet included the names of Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu and Hon. Zaake Francis as A5 and 46
respectively.

6. TOR 2: The physical condition ofthe suspects

An interface with and observation of the detained MPs and other
suspects revealed that they had been severely battered with Hon.
Karuhanga Gerald, Hon. Mwiru Paul and Hon. Michael Mabikke
complaining of chest and back pain. Hon. Karuhanga Gerald was limping
as a result of an injury to his knee. They stated that they had been
viciously brutalized during and after arrest while in Police custody in
Arua and during transportation between the place of arrest and
detention at Arua CPS and later Bondo Military barracks. They further
informed the Committee that the krrutality and beating was administered
by men dressed in uniforms of the Special Forces Command (SFC).

Of the other 26 suspects jointly detained with the MPs, 5 were women. 2
of the women could neither sit nor stand as they groaned in excruciating
pain on the floor of the suspects' holding facility at the Magistrate's court
in Gu1u. They could barely speak. One of the women, Asara Night was
reportedly suffering blood hemorrhage from her private parts. Their
condition was symptomatic of the effects of brute force and savagery
either at arrest or during detention. One of the female suspects informed
the Committee that her baby of barely sixteen months with whom she
was arrested had been left behind in Arua.
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One of the male suspects, Atiku Shaban could neither walk nor sit and
complained of extensive bodily pain arising out of severe beating while in
detention.

The Committee is cognizant of the provisions of Article and 24 and Article

44 (a) of the 1995 Constitution, which prohibit torture, inhumane and
degrading treatment. The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
is reinlorced by the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act, 2012 that
criminalizes torture in any form. Uganda is a party to the UN Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
and Punishment and other related matters. .

While the Committee was flatly denied access to Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert
Ssentamu while in detention at Gulu Military barracks, it's Member-Hon.
Lubega Medard Ssegonna who together with Hon. Basalirwa Asuman
who volunteered at that time, to offer pro-bono legal representation to
Hon. Kyagulanyi, was later allowed access to him during the court
martial proceedings. This followed an earlier episode where the
Committee and other Members of Parliament were forcefully chased out
of Gulu Military barracks where they had earlier been allowed. This was
on orders of the Commander of the 4th Division army barracks, Brig.
KanyesiS,e Emmanuel.

The two Hon. Members informed the Committee that Hon. Kyagulanyi
Robert Ssentamu was in a terribly dire and worrying state, unable to sit,
stand or speak with visible signs of cruel and brutal treatment, with his
face swollen and a wound to his ear and at the back of his head. The
two (2) Hon. Mcmbers were afforded time by the General Court Martial to
interact r,l.ith him but there was no interaction as he could not speak.
Despite his already dire situation, the Committee was informed that Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu was still handcuffed in detention at Gulu

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4tn Division barracks and rt'as unconscious during the procccdings of the
General Court Martial.

During the Committee's interface with Hon. Kyagulanyi Robe rt Ssentamu

in detention at Makindye Military barracks on 20e August 2018, he was
ignorant of the charges that had been prcfcrred against him at the
General Court Martial in Gulu on Thursday 16d' August 2018. This is
testimony of his unconscious state during his first appearance at the
General Court Martial.

7. lllhether the rights ofthe detained suspects were being

respected.

i) Article 23 (3) (b) requires a person restricted or detained to be

produced in Court as soon as possible but in any case not later
than forty-eight hours, In the case of all the 34 suspects in
detention, this right was blatantly violated. The suspects were
arrested on Monday 13u, August 2018 and only arraigned in Court on
Thursday 16th August 2O18, about 72 hours alter arrest.

ii) Article 23 (5) (a) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda,

L995 stipulates the rights of a person who is restricted or
detained to have their next of kin informed as soon as
practicable of the restriction and detention. The same Article
requires access to a next of kin, lawyer and personal doctor of the
person so detained. Again this right was vioiated to the extent;

a) That no next of kin was allowed access to the Hon. Kyagulanyi

Robert Ssentamu and that both Members of Parliament as well as
his family were being misled by both thc Police and thc military as
to the u'hcrc bouts of the detained Hon. Member,

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b) Even when he was being arraigned before the General Court
Martial, his wife, relatives, friends and colleagues Members of
Parliament were denied access both to the suspect and to the
proceedrngs of the General Court Martial.

c) The suspect was denied access to his personal doctor even when
his condition was confirmed to be worrying.

Some of the suspects in detention, whom the Committee was able

to interact with were in dire need of urgent medical attention,
notably the two women and one gentleman who could neither sit
nor walk and were visibiy in deep pain, Hon. Mwiru Pau1, Hon.
Karuhanga Gerald and Hon. Mabikke Michael. However, they had
not been accorded access to requisite medical he1p, save for
diagnosis by the Police Surgeon more over without mcdication.

Hon. Lubega Medard Sseggona and Hon. Basalirwa Asuman who

volunteered pro bono legal services were allowed by the Military to
u,itness the proceedings of the General Court Martial before whom
Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, in his disquieting physical
state \l,as arraigned pleaded with the Military for an opportunity to
have private medical personnel urgently access Hon. Kyagulanyi.
They were reportedly assured that this would not happen
immediately but rather in the future while the suspect was at the
Makindye Military detention facility.

The Committee notes that the deprivation of the suspects in their

deplorablc state, of access to private specialized medical help of
their private doctors predisposed thc suspect to grave danger to
their health and possible death.
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From the time of their brutal arrest and detention on 13ff August
2018, Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sscntamu, despite his depiorable
state was onl able to access his privatc doctors on Monday 2Ofr

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 August 2O18, the same day that the Committee accessed him in
detention at Makindye Military barracks. This was completely
oblivious to the cardinal medical concept of the "Golden Hour"- a
decisive timing in either saving one from dcath or averting
devastating health consequences especially after an injury or
grievous bodily harm.

The "Golden Hour", also knor.r,n as golden time, refers to the

period of time following a traumatlc injury during which there is
the highest likelihood that prompt medical and surgical treatment
wili prcvent de ath.

iii) Article 23 l2l of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda,

1995 provides that a person restricted or detained shall be kept
in a place authorized by law, The Committee observes that Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu was detained in 2 military barracks-
Gulu Fourth Division and Bondo. Hon. Francis Zaake's place of
detention was never brought to the attention of the Committee. The
rest of the Members of Parliament were detained in Bondo Military
barracks and Arua and Gulu Police Stations. Gulu and Bondo
Military barracks are not gazetted detention facilities; therefore the
detention of suspects in those places violated Article 23 (2) of the
Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995.

iv) Article 28 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995

provides that, in the determination of civil rights and
obligations or any criminal charge, a person shall be entitled to a
fair, speedy and public hearing before an independent and
impartial court or tribunal established by law.
E However the proceedings of the General Court Martial when Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu was arraigned was largely closed door
with onlv Hon. Lube ga Medard Sscggona and Hon. Basalirwa

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 Asuman allowed after iengthy pleading. Not even the suspect's wife
and family members were allowed to wil-ness the proceedings'

The Committee observes therefore that right to a public hearing

in the case ofthe Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu was denied.

v) Article 28 (21 ol the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995

provides that nothing in clause ( ) of this article shall prevent the
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court or tribunal from excluding the press or the public from all or
any proceedings before it for reasons of moraliry, public order or
national security, as may be necessary in a free and democratic
society.
The Committee notes that the General Court Martial did not
pronounce itself on barring the public from attending its
proceedings. This decision was purely of the Military at the
barracks,

vi) Article 28 (31 (bl provides that every person who is charged with
a criminal offence shall be informed immediately, in a language
that the person understands, ofthe nature ofthe offence.
However the unconscious state in which Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert
Ssentamu was at the time he was arraigned at the Gcneral Court
Martial in Gulu implies that he could not and indeed did not
understand the charges read out to him. This the Committee proved
on 20th August 2018 during their visit to Hon. Kyagulanyi during
which he was totally unaware of the charges read out to him on the
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The Committee was informed that Hon. Kyagulanyi's inability to

' speak due to his deplorable physiological slate was met u'ith a threat
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of bcing chargecl for contempt o[ the Ceneral Court Martial by the
Chairperson of the General Court Martial.

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 The Connittee obsentes that Hon. Kgagulangi's right to be
informed of the chr::rges preJerred ago;inst him l;lcs therefore
violated,

8. The charges preferred against the detainees

Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu was arraigned before the General
Court Martial sitting at the UPDF 4d Division barracks in Gulu on 16ft
August 2O 18 at 4:OOpm and charged with thrce counts of unlawful
possession of firearms contrary to section 3 of the Firearms act. He never
responded to the charges considering his inability to understand thc
proceedings. He w'as remanded to Makindye military barracks until the
23'd day of August 2O 18.

The Hon. M',r,iru Paul, Hon. Karuhanga Gcrald, Hon. Kasiano Wadri.
Hon. Mabikke Michael and the rest of the suspects were arraigned before
the Chief Magistrate's Court in Gulu, Charged r,r,ith treason and
remanded to Gulu Central Prison till the 30th day of August 2018.

The Hon. Zaake Francis had not been arraigned in court and his
whereabouts were unknown at the time.

9, Attendant observations and recommendations

9,1 The need to save the life ofHon. Kyagulanyi Robert

Ssentamu and other suspects in dire state
As earlier noted, the Committee was ultimatcly allowed access to Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robcrt Ssentamu tn detention at Makindye military barracks
on Monday, 20th August 2018. His physical condition remained
worrying. His left lower body was paralyzcd, he spoke and breathed with
difficulty often breaking to catch his breathe. He sat with difficulty and
could not movc his body by himself. Hor,r,ever he was able to speak albeit
with difficulty. Howevcr he was able to speak and narrated thc

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 circumstances ol his arrest in his hotel room in Arua informing the
Committee that;

Upon breaking into his room, the men clad in uniforms of the Special
Forces Command (SFC) found him kneeling on the floor with his hands
up in surrender but went ahead to hit his head with a blunt object that
he suspects to be an iron bar that had been used to break the door of his
hotel room. Thereafter he was severely beaten with gun butts and other
objects he had no knowledge of.

Both his legs and hands were chained. He was later wrapped in a
blanket and driven off to an unknown location as the beating continued.
His testicles were squeezed so hard that at the time the Committee
visited him at Makindye military barracks, he informed the Committee
that one of his testicles smashed beyond existence. He could no longer
locate it within his scrotum.

He was later dumped at a room, which he suspects was at the Arua

airfield where he was later airlifted to Gulu Military barracks. His clothes
were soaked in blood as a resuit of the horrendous beating he suffered.
Removing his clothes later whilst at Gulu Military barracks involved
tearing them off as they had stuck onto his wounds. He showed the
Committee some of the scars on his bodv.

Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu informed the Committee that he feels

pain all over his body and was only surviving on pain killing injections.
The left side of his abdomen is visibly painful and the wounds on his
head are sti1l visible. He complains of chest pain and says his teeth were
loosened by the beating he suffered at the hands of the men clad in
uniforms of the Special Forccs Command (SFC).

I His plea to the Committee was the need to save his life. As earlier stated,
the Committee si ghted Hon. Kyagulanyi's private doctors at Makindye

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Military barracks on 20th August 2018-the first time they wcre being
allowed access to him

The Committee observed that Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu requires

urgent specialized mcdical care preferably abroad.

The Conmittee thereJore recontnend.s tha:t Rt. Hon. Speaker oJ

Parliannent takes it upon hersef to liaise uith the President and
other relevant authorities to enable Hon. Kgagulangi Robert
Ssentannu be reJerred outside the Makindge Milltary barracks for
better medical nlanagement. Ang meaningful trlal o;f Hon,
Kgagulangi co,n oftlg happen iJ his right to liJe and health is
reqrected bg the State.

9.2 The stature and dignity of Parliament

The treatment meted out unto MPs by soldiers at the UPDF 4th Division
Head Quarters in the afternoon of 16rt August 2018 was inappropriate
and an affront on the stature and dignity of Parliame nt. While the
Committee had fruitful interface with the Forth Division Commander in
the morning of 16d' August 2018, whereupon hc promised Members to
access the detained MP and attend the proceedings of the General Court
Martial as per Parliament's directive, and r,r,hereas Members were allowed
into the barracks upon return at 2:00pm on Lhat assurancc, the manner
in which Members of Parliament were chased out of the barracks into the
rain by over 30 soldiers under the command of one Co1. Kanyoro was
very inappropriate and degrading.

While the military may have a high sense of entitlement in politics givcn
the recent history of this country, the actions of Lhe soldiers towards the
Members of Parliament is testimony of the regressive erosion of the
sta ture and dignity of Parliament. The protection of the dignity and
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privileges of the House is an aggregation of the dignity and privileges of
individual Members of Parliament.

The Committee observes that the image of the UPDF as a people's

army mandated to protect the llves, property and dignity of the
people of Uganda, which won them the love, and support of all
Ugandans becoming the pride ofthe nation seems to be at stake.

The Committee recommends that the UPDF respect and protect

human and people rights in the discharge of its constitutional
mandate so as to maintain its reputation of a disciplined people's
arEy.

9,3 The need for protection of the dignity of the common

Ugandan
The egalitarian principle of human dignity provides that every human
person regardless of creed, status, ethnicity, rank, moral standing, belief
system or poiitical persuasion is entitled to inalienable dignified
treatment no matter what they do or what happens to them. The iaw and
public institutions exist to protect such dignities.

The entire Chapter four of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda,

1995 is about the protection and promotion of fundamental and
other human rights and freedoms.

The Committee observes that the unleashing of brutality by the military

and other agents of the State unto Ugandans as exemplified in the run
up to the Arua Municipality by-elections is an affront on rights and
digniry of mankind. Article 2O of the Constitution of the Republic of
Uganda, L995 recognizes that fundamental rights and freedoms of
the individual are inherent and not granted by the State, and that
the rights and freedoms of the individual and groups enshrined in
Chapter four of the Constitution includes; resPect for human dignity
and p rotection from inhuman treatment, life, health and a fair
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 hearing shall be respected, upheld and promoted by all organs and
agencies of Government and by all persons.

The Committee observes that the brutalization and maiming of suspects

and journalists not only a worrying sign of a slip-back in the rule of law
but also dents thc faith of citizens in Government and erodes the sense
of nationhood and casts the country in bad iight in the internattonal
community.

The Committee recommends tho:t those indiuiduals and State

instltutions that dre conpliclt tn the derogation of human rights
and dignitg should be punished. Jttstlce must not oftlg be done but
ttrlust be seen to be done.

9.4 The role of the military in law enforcement

Article 209 of the 1995 Constitution stipulates the lunction of the
defence forces as follows;

a) to preserve and defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of

Uganda;
b) to co-operate with the crvilian authority in emergency situations and
in cases of natural disasters;
c) to foster harmony and understanding between the defence forces
and civilians; and
d) to engage in productivc activities for the development of Uganda.
The Committee notes that in the case under consideration by the
Committee, the military may have assumed a role that is not theirs, as
matters of thc preservation of law and order are a preserve of the Police
as provided for under ArLicle 212 of the 1995 Constitution of thc
Republic of Uganda.

The very act of security personnel beating up civilians contravened

.g- Article 24 of |ne 1995 Constitution on the respect of human dignity and
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 protection from inhuman treatment and Article 221 of the same
Constitution, which provide s that

"It shall be the duty of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces and ang other
armed force established in Uganda, the Uganda Police Force and ang other
police force, the Uganda Hsons Seruice, aII intelligence seruices and the
National Seanity Council to obserue and respect human ights and
freedoms in the performance of their functions. "

The Committcc did not find any evidence that the situation in Arua was
beyond the ability and capacity of the Uganda Police Force and therefore
finds the recourse to brute force by the military against civilians not only
disproportionate but also inhumane.

The Military and other errant State functionaries that dre

corryrlicit in violating the lano and eroding hulnan rights and
dignlty should a.ccount Ior their actions.

9.5 Conclusion
The Committec is of the considered view that Parliament and
Government does whatever possible to ensure the evacuation of Hon.
Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu from Makindye Military barracks that
clearly does not havc thc requisite capacity to afford thc scverely tortured
and incapacitated Hon. Kyagulanyi the rcquired medical expertise to
reverse the damage occasioned unto his body by Ugandan State security
officials.

In addition, other suspects that remain in detention yet nursing

horrendous body injuries, namely, Hon. Mwiru Paul, Hon. Karunhanga
Gerald, Hon. Mabikke Michael, Ms. Asara Night, Atiku Shaban should be
immediately accorded an opportunity to receive approprrate specialized
mcdical attention.

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Health and life are preconditions for a fair trial and should therefore be
prioritized.

For the transgressions by State security forces on human rights and

dignity as witnessed by the killing of a one Yasin Kawuma in Arua on
13ft August 2O18, the grievous bodily harm occasioned unto Members of
Parliament and other suspects as well as other individuals, the
Committee recommends expeditious justice and accountability if the rule
of law is to be respected and the pattern of State-orchestrated violence
stemmed.

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ENDORSEMTNT Or. TIIE REFORf, OF'THEADHOC COMMIT'TEEOI{ THE
COIII'ITIO$AITDPI,IGHT OT fIIE MEMBEBS OF PABI,I,ILMEI{Ir A$D
oTTIER SUSFEeTS rl{ DEfEfrTrorB AUGU8T 2O1a

1, Hon. Amule Doreen Chairperson

2 Hon. Luh,ega Medard See,gonaa Mernber

3. Hon, Atiku Bernard Merfibei

4 Han, Ssewanyara Allau Member

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5, rlon. Barf ray €rn ga And.rew A.Ja Mernber
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o, Hon. K:unateekaJ.oyah Member