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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>This newspaper yesterday started chronicling a government report on the November 18-20, 2020 riots that left at least 54 people dead, hundreds injured, and personal and public property destroyed.<\/p>\n

The context of the reportage is that the country will mark one year on Thursday since the outbreak of the protests in Kampala and other major towns, which were triggered by the arrest of then National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, in the eastern Luuka District on allegations of violating Covid-19 guidelines.<\/p>\n

First, we would like to commiserate with all those that will this week be hosting events to remember their loved ones that perished innocently or out of their own doing 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

However, word on people\u2019s lips now is that none of the families that lost loved ones in the violent protests has received justice or compensation a year later.<\/p>\n

So what happened to the President\u2019s promise to compensate the families?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government will compensate all those who were not rioters, but lost life in this confusion. If you are a rioter, we cannot compensate you. No way! And the government will also compensate those who lost their properties, if it can be verified,\u201d he said in a November 29 address delivered from Mbale.<\/p>\n

The claims by security officials that the investigations into the matter are ongoing and Attorney General\u2019s assertion that thecompensation process is ongoing are discomforting.<\/p>\n

Why is that so? It is easy to identify which security officers manned what areas of the towns in which the mayhem happened and, therefore, easy to tell who committed what crime, unless the government implies that no one is accountable.<\/p>\n

What evidence is the prosecution still looking for to have the accused produced in court after more than 51 weeks?<\/p>\n

Likewise, the names of the dead and their background were well documented by this newspaper and other foreign media houses so the state can\u2019t feign insufficient information. The media houses, moreover, have less resources and capability to collect and verify information than the state so that should not take forever.<\/p>\n

Like the clich\u00e9 goes, justice delayed in justice denied. We take this anniversary to remind the government to honour its promise to prosecute those involved in the bloodletting and compensate the families of those affected.<\/p>\n

In the same vein, we use this opportunity o underline the need to safeguard people\u2019s lives and property regardless of the political situation. We cannot afford to go back to the past dark days.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have justice served.<\/p>\n

Our commitment to you<\/b><\/p>\n

We pledge:<\/p>\n

Further, we ask that we be informed whenever you feel that we have fallen short in our attempt to keep these commitments.<\/b><\/p>\n

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