The UPDF Amendment Bill 2015. A proposed compromise that could protect political opponents of the ruling party.
It’s inevitable that the The UPDF Amendment Bill 2015 will be passed into law what remains to be seen is how bad the civilians will be screwed. The rumormill has it that Parliament has been bought and paid for with one hundred million shillings. As we have seen before, when the members are bought and paid for they don’t care about the rule of law, good governance or their trajectory of their country. They are content to sell their country if it lines their pockets. The amendment will pass.
Even if Parliament creates a proper court of judicature manned by qualified judges the court martial will still be beholden to the executive. It is not civilian courts are effective and independent. The civilian judicial officers are timid, incompetent and behold to the executive. Greed and ambition make it difficult for judicial officers in Uganda to make independent decisions. They want promotions, favourable postings and to the favor of the president.
We offer a compromise that could protect political opponents of the ruling party. We propose that political opponents and supporters of the opposition be excluded from the Jurisdiction of the Court Martial. The law should provide that the Court martial shall not try an offense involving any politician that has ever contested for public office and person that is a publicly known supporter of opposition parties or specific candidate for political office or an employee of an NGO or any person publicly involved in advocacy for good governance or rights of other individuals. This compromise retains the benefits of the Court martial without it being used to harass and oppress political opponents.
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