Kasese Attacks: Winnie Kizza Wants Report Debated In Parliament

Leader of Opposition in Parliament and Kasese woman member of parliament is demanding debate of the defence and internal affairs committee report on the 2016 killings in Kasese.

With their petition to the ICC and most of the people who were arrested still in court with no clear timelines on trial, Winnie says it is high time the report is discussed so that the members of parliament can know the outcome.

Winnie says the president’s argument that the reports should not be debated for fear of abuse of the sub-judice rule doesn’t hold since the speaker has presided over numerous matters that were in court arguing that the sub-judice argument is only applicable if a matter is up for ruling.

Kizza also wants the judiciary to have hundreds of people who were arrested and charged over the murders expeditiously tried so that they can know their fate without being kept in jail for a very long time.

Should courts delay, Kizza says they as leaders will be tempted to lead the people to demand for justice.

In November 2016, a heated backlash between government forces and the Rwenzururu royal guards left over a hundred people including ;royal guards, police officers and children dead.