Aboneka Writes

Day one : Site visit with a swarm of engineers and Kadogos. Road closed for hours as the "engineers" clad in reflector jackets to make serious assessments of the extent of the damage! Day Two : The Kadogos return with paint/chalk and draw big squares and rectangles around the potholes while sipping on Munanansi , a local pineapple juice brew while singing away some local vibes. Day Three : The Supervisors return to ensure the markings of the Potholes done by the Kadogos are proper. Off they leave in their white double cabins, around five of them. Day Four : The Kadogos return to "trim" the Potholes into perfect squares and rectangles, only to find the markings swept away by rain. So they do the markings again. Day Five : The Kadogos return to do the actual  trimming of the Potholes with one cutting machine and a peak axe. Day Six : The Kadogos return with some "soil" which they later dump at the site and off they go leaving the road messy! Day Seven : The ...

By Michael Aboneka Torture is criminal, illegal, and unconstitutional in Uganda. Freedom from Torture  and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment   is a non derogable right under  Articles 24 and 44  of the Constitution of Uganda and the State of Uganda is party to several regional, international protocols against torture such as the African Charter under Article5;  International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights , UN Convention against torture; much as Uganda has since not signed the optional protocol to allow unlimited access to places of detention; which is also suspect.  Uganda has gone ahead to criminalize acts of torture under the the Prevention   and Prohibition of Torture Act (2012) which provides for a sentence of not more than 15 years imprisonment or a fine or both  on conviction of torture; the Human Rights Enforcement Act which allows an action against any individual for the violation of human rights, the Penal Code Act among oth...