How Museveni infiltrated FDC FDC president Patrick Amuriat and chairman Waswa Birigwa
Publicly, without mentioning names or dropping pointers, President Museveni subtly admits he is talking and working with some opposition people but privately, insider sources say, he has built nothing less than an empire of followers within the opposition.
On May 24, the ruling NRM muscled through parliament their choices for Speaker Jacob Oulanyah and his deputy Anita Annet Among with jubilant celebration after beating off stiff challenge from the opposition-backed former speaker Rebecca Kadaga.
Speaking in the immediate aftermath of that victory, at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, President Yoweri Museveni revealed that
The Bill was brought to Parliament by Hon. Bernard Atiku and generated undivided support from Members of Parliament.
The new law also criminalizes the possession of human parts and their use in medicine for sale or for personal use. A person convicted for the offense faces life imprisonment.
Under the Bill, any person who spreads belief in human sacrifice for financial gain, encourages anyone to use a human body in any ritual, on conviction will also receive a life sentence.
The issue of human sacrifice needed a special section in the law because it was regarded as unique – given that it mostly involved the killing of children and involved their relatives.
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga said that the bill is justice for the 12-year-old boy, Joseph Kasirye, who was a victim of human sacrifice by Kato Kajubi.
She said, ‘‘with the passing of this bill, we can say that we have done just that for him.’’
The mover of the bill, Ayivu county MP Bernard Atiku has consistently told parliament that human sacrifice is a growing concern to law enforcement agencies, parents, child rights activists and the public with a need for stringent penalties.
MPs David Bahati, Baba Diri among others expressed optimism that it will protect children especially the disabled who are a target of human sacrifice.
Daily Monitor
Saturday April 24 2021
Businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi (right) appears at the Supreme Court early last year during hearing of his appeal against his conviction for murdering 12-year-old Joseph Kasirye in 2012. PHOTO /JULIET KIGONGO.
Summary
According to the Bill, human sacrifice involves beliefs or faith and dismembering of human body parts, and targets the most vulnerable persons of society such as children and persons with disabilities
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Persons found guilty of committing acts of mutilating and or causing death of another person for purposes of performing a ritual, and those found in possession of human body parts, will suffer death upon conviction, according to the proposed legal framework pending before Parliament.
The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice Bill, 2020 was presented for first reading by Ayivu County Member of Parliament, Bernard Atiku.
The bill provides a unique legal frame work that criminalizes the act of human sacrifice which is not the case in the penal code Act, the penal code Act considers the act of human sacrifice as murder while this bill considers it a criminal offence that needs to be criminalized alone.
Atiku is pushing this bill on grounds that despite the government effort to protect an individual’s right to life and degrading acts, ritual killings and human sacrifice practices are on the rise in Uganda with children being the common victims.