{"id":13434,"date":"2024-12-12T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13434"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:50:29","slug":"president-museveni-uls-boss-ssemakadde-disagree-on-civilians-court-martial-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-uls-boss-ssemakadde-disagree-on-civilians-court-martial-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni, ULS Boss Ssemakadde Disagree On Civilians Court Martial Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has defended trial of civilians in the Court Martial arguing that it has helped to maintain peace and stability in Uganda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement released on his X handle Museveni cited the law that enabled the trial of civilians in the Court Martial that was enacted in 2005 by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to combat the rising menace of armed criminals and terrorists who were indiscriminately using guns to kill civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni noted that  civilian courts, which were already overloaded with various cases, could not swiftly handle the criminal activities of those using firearms to destabilize the country. The President explained that in such a situation, speed was essential for stabilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NRM made the decision because these individuals, although not soldiers, voluntarily took up arms with malicious intent, thereby posing a threat to society,\u201d Museveni said. \u201cGuns should only be in the hands of the Armed Forces, and those who unlawfully wield them must face the consequences in a system that can address these crimes quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President also highlighted the efficiency of the Court Martial system in swiftly handling these cases.  Museveni explained that the  Court Martial system is subordinate to the country\u2019s general courts, meaning that any injustices or errors could be corrected by the superior courts. However, in the meantime, individuals charged with such offenses are detained, fed, and given medical treatment by the State, all while being kept away from causing harm to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese individuals, while incarcerated, are prevented from carrying out further attacks on innocent civilians, which could otherwise end in their own deaths during clashes with law enforcement,\u201d he stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"13438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-uls-boss-ssemakadde-disagree-on-civilians-court-martial-trials\/counsel-isaac-kimaze-ssemakadde-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Counsel-Isaac-Kimaze-Ssemakadde-1-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However the , President of the Uganda Law society (ULS),  Isaac Ssemakadde ,in his rebuttal to Museveni&#8217;s missive said that the Head of state&#8217;s defence of the repugnant practice of trying civilians in military tribunals was a blatant assault on the rule of law . &#8221; It also jeopardies the achievements of the objectives of the Jumuiya treaty , whose 25th anniversary you celebrated last month in Arusha,&#8221; Ssemakadde added.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221; With great respect, your position disregards at least twp judgements of the Ugandan Constitutional Court and an excruciating delayed constitutional appeal in the Supreme Court . Articles 99 and 128 of the 1995 Constitution require you to use the presidential pulpit to promote respect for court orders and processes , especially those that conflict with NRM policy, ideology m, or laws,&#8221;  he argued .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has defended trial of civilians in the Court Martial arguing that it has helped to maintain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GdU9efsWkAAHB5e-scaled-1.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13756,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/museveni-hits-back-at-supreme-court-over-court-martial-popular-ruling\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":0},"title":"Museveni Hits Back At Supreme Court Over Court Martial Popular Ruling","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni has hit back at the Supreme Court for its ruling that military courts were constitutionally not empowered to try civilians, insisting that the system must remain in place for national security. In a statement made after the ruling, Museveni expressed his disappointment, arguing that the decision\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13883,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nrm-caucus-resolves-on-the-proposed-updf-amendment-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":1},"title":"NRM CAUCUS RESOLVES ON THE PROPOSED UPDF AMENDMENT ACT","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The NRM Parliamentary Caucus has unanimously resolved to support the proposed amendments to the UPDF Act as presented by the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka. The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua, who is also the Caucus Chairperson, said the resolutions, in respect to the Supreme Court ruling, were on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-6.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1929,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/museveni-directs-igp-to-publish-manual-about-use-of-guns\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":2},"title":"MUSEVENI DIRECTS IGP TO PUBLISH MANUAL ABOUT USE OF GUNS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"President \u00a0Yoweri Museveni has directed the Inspector General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola to publish a manual that will guide law enforcement officers including \u00a0police officers and Local Defence Unit personnel on how to use guns. In a communication to the IGP \u00a0Museveni directed that the manual should be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Museveni-gun-750x389-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Museveni-gun-750x389-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Museveni-gun-750x389-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Museveni-gun-750x389-1.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13748,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-supreme-court-bans-military-trials-of-civilians\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":3},"title":"Uganda: Supreme Court Bans Military Trials of Civilians","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Immediately Halt Ongoing Trials of Civilians; Review Past Convictions Uganda\u2019s Supreme Court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional. in a landmark decision the court further ruled that in its current formation , the General Court Martial and other military units should not hear criminal cases that carry custodial senstences\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/supreme-Court-.webp","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/supreme-Court-.webp 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/supreme-Court-.webp 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9116,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/54-bodies-of-updf-soldiers-killed-in-al-shabaab-terror-attack-found-president-museveni\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":4},"title":"54 bodies of UPDF soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab terror attack found -President Museveni","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni who is the Commander in Chief (CiC) of the armed forces has told an NRM caucus that 54 bodies of UPDF soldiers were found lifeless by their colleagues during an operation to recapture the Buulo Mareer Base from the Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia. The base had fallen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;EAC Regional News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"EAC Regional News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/eac-regional-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230604-WA0068-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230604-WA0068-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230604-WA0068-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230604-WA0068-1.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2457,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/icc-dismisses-petition-against-gens-museveni-elwelu\/","url_meta":{"origin":13434,"position":5},"title":"ICC DISMISSES PETITION AGAINST GENS MUSEVENI ,ELWELU","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The International Criminal Court has dismissed a petition by Uganda's political and human rights activists and stated that the clashes between the government and Rwenzururu kingdom which led to the deaths of more than 100 people, did not amount to crimes against humanity or genocide against the Bakonzo. The activists\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0aOV-3uG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13443,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13434\/revisions\/13443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}