Senior Police Offices To Sweat Plasma In Court Over MP Zaake Torture
By Our Reporter
Several top police officers, among them Wamala regional police commander Bob Kagarura and the commander of police’s dreaded Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Elly Womanya, are set to sweat plasma today as they appear before the Chief Magistrates Court of Mityana District, to answer to charges of illegal detention and torture.
This follows
a private criminal prosecution against them by Mityana Municipality Member of
Parliament Francis Zaake, who accuses them of torturing him after they arrested
him a few months ago for distributing relief food to people affected by the
COVID-19 lockdown.
The duo will
appear in the dock alongside Alex Mwiine, the Mityana District police
commander, Musa Walugembe, the officer-in-charge of SIU, and Twesigye Hamdan,
an investigating of...