The deceased have been identified as Denis Kimeze, 26, and Livingstone Kayimukiro, 53, both residents of Namulanda village, Nkondo Sub County in Buyende District
Human rights activists and a section of Ugandans have previously decried the poor state of prisons in the country and called on the government to intervene. Some of the poor conditions mentioned.
"Why have they not arrested Ms Robina Nabbanja, the supervisor of the ministry for Karamoja?" Mr Joseph Ouma, the Kayunga National Unity Platform (NUP) mobiliser asked