Scribes explain Police brutality to MPs
Feb 11, 2009
JOURNALISTS who were allegedly beaten up by the Special Police Constables (SPC) at Namboole stadium last year, yesterday narrated their ordeal to MPs.
JOURNALISTS who were allegedly beaten up by the Special Police Constables (SPC) at Namboole stadium last year, yesterday narrated their ordeal to MPs, reports Madinah Tebajjukira.
Appearing before the select committee investigating alleged brutality by the force, WBS Television’s Francis Tumwekwasize and Timothy Sibasi said the constables intentionally assaulted them while on an assignment. They told the committee chaired by Peter Nyombi (Independent), that they were following up a tip on poor sanitation.
“We received a call from the stadium management in which they complained of overcrowding. In the course of securing permission from the management, the officers pounced on us with batons,†Tummekwasize said. Commanded by Commissioner Rabani, Muhebwa, the constables tortured them for 10 minutes before setting dogs upon them, he explained
Appearing before the select committee investigating alleged brutality by the force, WBS Television’s Francis Tumwekwasize and Timothy Sibasi said the constables intentionally assaulted them while on an assignment. They told the committee chaired by Peter Nyombi (Independent), that they were following up a tip on poor sanitation.
“We received a call from the stadium management in which they complained of overcrowding. In the course of securing permission from the management, the officers pounced on us with batons,†Tummekwasize said. Commanded by Commissioner Rabani, Muhebwa, the constables tortured them for 10 minutes before setting dogs upon them, he explained