EDITORâ€”The shooting of an unidentified man at the residence of security minister Amama Mbabaziâ€™s residence is unjustified. Whereas it may be true the man trespassed into Mbabaziâ€™s residence, shooting him was not inevitable. Mbabaziâ€™s claim that he considers his life in danger is not a defensible reason.

Although self-defence may permit the killing of an attacker when it is the only way the danger can be averted, such action must not exceed the limits of private defence.

The intruder at Mbabaziâ€™s residence was unarmed while Mbabazi and his guards were. The ministerâ€™s residence is not in a volatile location where burglary is common. The home is secured by a high perimeter wall. All these suggest there was no danger to the life or property of the minister from the intruder. Whoever killed him knew he was taking the law in his own hands. He should be charged with murder.
Alfred Asiimwe
Kampala

EDITORâ€”The story of an unarmed intruder who was gunned down at the home of security minister Amama Mbabazi is only typical in a backward country where there is no standard procedure of dealing with such situations. In civilised and developed countries, use of excessive force against an unarmed person is punishable.

In fact, this would be murder or manslaughter. Now the Police are left with nowhere to start their investigations of what the motive of this man was since they canâ€™t interrogate him in his â€œcurrent stateâ€. If the guards had had the presence of mind, they would have run after him and caught him as he tried to get over the fence. This suspect could have been part of a criminal gang that would have been netted, or he may have simply been mentally unstable and therefore trespassed or even worse, a relative of the minister!

This situation is not different from the rampant cases of mob justice in our society where people are â€˜sentenced to deathâ€™ based on hearsay. I call upon the Inspector General of Police and the army commander to better train their forces in rules of engagement and also sensitise civilians against mob justice.

This might prevent something similar to what happened in Kenya recently when civilians waged war against the Mungiki gang and several people ended up dead. Now the Police donâ€™t know who is and isnâ€™t a member of the gang. Please prosecute the guards who shot the intruder!
Brian Mbazibwa
Kampala

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