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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>\u201cI have not seen the petition but when it comes, I will give it to the people concerned to address it,\u201d Johnson Byabashaija, Commissioner General of Prisons<\/p>\n

A junior prisons officer, who suffered permanent disability allegedly due to being assaulted by his seniors during orientation, has petitioned the Commissioner General of Prisons, seeking compensation worth Shs500m.In his June 8, 2021, petition, Mr Raphael Okello, through his lawyers of Hilal & Company Advocates, avers that he was appointed a prisons warder effective February 2, 2020 when was 24 years old.<\/p>\n

But he claims that on July 4, 2020, he was brutally and repeatedly assaulted by a prison warder identified as Dominic Akena during orientation at Luzira Prisons Academy and Training School.As a result, Mr Okello says he sustained damage to his spinal code and occasioned damage to his renal and urinary system.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur client endeavoured to contact the Uganda Prisons as his employers for medical assistance but unfortunately that was not heeded and since July 2020, he has severally been hospitalised at Mulago National Referral Hospital and other medical facilities and he has personally, incurred colossal sums of money treating an ailment that was occasioned to him by your officer on duty,\u201d Mr Okello\u2019s lawyers state in their petition to the Commissioner General of Prisons.The lawyers further state that their client cannot continue to work with the Uganda Prisons given the disability.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hoped to work and serve the prisons till his retirement but this is now a distant dream occasioned by the illegal, brutal and inhumane acts of one of your officers to which he holds the Uganda Prisons vicariously and solely liable,\u201d Mr Okello\u2019s lawyers aver.The lawyers say the Shs500m is to atone for the disability he got.Dr Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Prisons, yesterday said he had not yet seen Mr Okello\u2019s petition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not seen the petition but when it comes, I will give it to the people concerned to address it,\u201d Dr Byabashaija said by telephone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. \u201cI have not seen the petition but when it comes, I will give it to the people concerned to address it,\u201d Johnson Byabashaija, Commissioner General of Prisons A junior prisons officer, who suffered permanent disability allegedly due to being assaulted by his seniors during orientation, has petitioned the Commissioner General of Prisons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-15563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nPrisons officer seeks Shs500m over assault during training - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cI have not seen the petition but when it comes, I will give it to the people concerned to address it,\u201d Johnson Byabasha ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prisons officer seeks Shs500m over assault during training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI have not seen the petition but when it comes, I will give it to the people concerned to address it,\u201d Johnson Byabasha ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-10T16:12:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-61128a09be10b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Prisons officer seeks Shs500m over assault during training\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-10T16:12:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-61128a09be10b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/prisons-officer-seeks-shs500m-over-assault-during-training\",\"name\":\"Prisons officer seeks Shs500m over assault during training - 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