“This judgment risks legitimizing Uganda’s well-documented record of torture instead of eradicating it,” Asiimwe said, adding that the ruling prioritized the completion of criminal trials over the absolute prohibition of torture.
The DNA testing process was conducted by government forensic experts and overseen by Minister Balaam Barugahara. Also present during the release of the results were the Police Forensic Directorate and the Government Analytical Laboratory, including Director Andrew Mubiru and Kepher Kuchana Kateu.
Generation Z is made up of people born between 1997 and 2012. It’s the second-highest youth generation in terms of numbers and population composition, and they turn up during elections of any nature, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics.