The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said that the government of Uganda does not run any torture house and condones all kinds of torture.
Mr. Kiwanuka made the remarks on Wednesday at the ongoing UN Committee against Torture, session in Geneva.
The committee which started on October 31, is reviewing efforts by Uganda and other five countries to implement the provisions of the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Previously, the National Unity Platform led by its leader, Robert Kyagulanyi appealed to international bodies including the United Nations to take action on what he called continued abductions and torture of his supporters by the regime.
However, appearing before the UN committee,Mr. Kiwanuka defended the government against claims of operating secret torture houses.
He explained that if at all there is any kind of torture in the country that is a person acting on their own and not on a position of the government of Uganda.
The Attorney General further reiterated government’s commitment to ending the gross human rights violations in the country. END