SIR — While granting Alice Kaboyo bail on Tuesday, Justice Mukiibi cited 16 grounds.

They included the fact that bail was her constitutional right, a need to de-congest prisons and the fact that she was a widow with three children of school-going age. I applaud him for reasoning that way. however, I request that in the same vein, this kindness should be extended to many others, especially those who have been on remand for more than one year.

There are so many parents in Uganda’s prisons who need to go home and look after their children too. The Government should relax bail conditions for the poor so that bail is not seen as a privilege for the rich.

Francis Ssuubi
Wells of hope