The government has taken a step-up to enhance the working conditions of prosecutors by providing them with new vehicles to ease their work and ensure efficient delivery.
While speaking to the legal officers during the issuing of vehicles at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao assured the prosecutors that the government is ready to provide protection against criminals who may intend to block operations.
Minister Mao was addressing prosecutors from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
He added that the State is set to continue with the crackdown of those who claim to be working for it and threaten prosecutors who are executing their official constitutional duties.
“I am assuring you that government will give you security and protection against all those wrong elements in public who would like to harm you while executing your official duties. I have heard impostors claiming that they are from State House following up compensations and other cases. Who are you to follow compensations?” Mao asked.
However, DPP Jane Frances Abodo, the Head of Prosecutors applauded government for its continued efforts in revamping the working conditions of prosecutors.
Abodo revealed that practitioners need the State to increase funding for the justice system and step up the protection of prosecutors who face numerous threats in their line of work, stating that prosecutors play a big role in promoting justice but continue to be vulnerable to organized crime and assassinations.
She said that prosecutors are equally citizens who interact with society and require all the necessary support to overcome the risks they encounter.
Minister Mao argued that the State must in equal measure invest in witness protection so as to strengthen the state’s case as well as protect evidence, revealing that absence of this leads to obstruction of justice, dismissals, and acquittals of witnesses.
He also noted that government is set to invest in modern technology as well as trained resources since terrorism is increasingly becoming sophisticated.
