By Editorial,
The Constitutional Court has held that it’s unconstitutional to keep suspects on long remand periods without trial.
In a lead judgement written by Justice Moses Kawumi Kazibwe, court held that the practice violates several provisions of the constitution.
The decision emanates from a petition filed by five suspects; Bonafacio Mulugga accused of aggravated defilement and committed to the High Court in 2009, Waiswa Lubanga accused of aggravated robbery and committed to the High Court in 2011 and Muhammad Abdallah accused of murder and committed to the High Court in 2011 among others, accused of various criminal offences. In his ruling which was joined by all the four Justices, Justice Kazibwe held that a speedy trial is a dictate of the constitution and anybody held beyond what can be called a reasonable period in inadvertently condemned before he/she is even heard. END
