Parliament to investigate Nalufenya police detention centre

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has instructed the committee on Human Rights to examine the state of Nalufenya, a famous police detention centre.
The Speaker’s directive on Wednesday follows gruesome incidents of torture faced by suspects detained at the camp.

“Since matters of Human Rights are of prime importance, am directing the committee on Human Rights to proceed to Nalufenya, examine the facility and give us a report,” she said.
Parliament was expected to receive a statement from the ministry of Internal Affairs to inform comprehensive debate on the 2016 Reports of the Human Rights Commission which ranked police highly, regarding abuse of citizen’s rights.
None of the line ministers, however, was in the House prompting the Speaker’s decision.

“This debate was deferred from Tuesday because we wanted to get the response from the minister of internal affairs such that we debate the matter comprehensively,” said Kadaga.
Nalufenya, a police detention camp is renown of handling high criminal cases, linked to gruesome murder, terrorism and war crimes among others.
The now infamous centre has attracted widespread criticism from sections of the civil society, Human Rights groups as well as politicians and religious leaders.
The most recent developments include the torture of Mr Geoffrey Byamukama, the Kamwenge District mayor and other suspects linked to the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, a former police spokesperson.