The\nArchbishop of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has criticised and condemned\nthe continuous acts of brutality against ordinary Ugandans by police officers\nand other security agencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nmade the comments while giving his summon at Uganda Martyrs shrine, Namugongo\nover the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr.\nLwanga said that excessive force used by police could lead to widespread\ndiscontent and hatred against the government which may lead to turmoil in the\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lwanga\nwas making reference to the recent police brutality against Makerere University\nStudents and Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy\nbrothers and sisters, the police officers stop torturing innocent civilians for\nnothing. These people you are torturing are tax payers and your salaries come\nfrom those people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nadded:\u201d Why should police beat up innocent people, people who have done nothing\nwrong for instance the students of Makerere University; such actions can cause\nhatred against the president and the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nfurther cautioned girls who are lured into lucrative jobs abroad to be careful\notherwise they risk losing their lives and being sold like slaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\nis new form of slave trade where young girls are deceived and lured into\nlucrative jobs abroad some of them end up losing their organs among others,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nalso hailed the head of anticorruption unit in State House, Col. Edith Nakalema\nfor her effort put towards fighting corruption and land grabbing in the\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\nis increasing cases of corruption in the country, what madam Nakalema is doing is\na good job and she should continue doing that. So, I want to thank her for the\neffort put in fighting corruption and land grabbing. As Catholics, religious\nleaders and other religions we fight against corruption and we don\u2019t support\nit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Archbishop of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has criticised and condemned the continuous acts of brutality against ordinary Ugandans by police officers and other security agencies. He made the comments while giving his summon at Uganda Martyrs shrine, Namugongo over the weekend. Dr. Lwanga said that excessive force used by police could lead to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":12229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n