Impotent torture victim gets sh32m
Apr 11, 2003
THE Uganda Human Rights Tribunal has awarded sh32m to a 53-year-old man who was tortured by policemen into impotence
THE Uganda Human Rights Tribunal has awarded sh32m to a 53-year-old man who was tortured by policemen into impotence, reports Jude Etyang.
The money is compensation for violation of his right to protection against torture and the right to personal liberty.
Commissioner Mariam Wangadya awarded Christopher Sajjabi Nsereko, a mason, sh28m for violation of his right to protection against torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Nsereko was further awarded sh2m as damages for violation of his right to personal liberty when he was “illegally†detained at Kampala Central Police Station and sh2m as exemplary damages.
Nsereko, a former local council official, was arrested on suspicion of theft on November 17, 1997 from his home in Kabowa near Kampala by Corporal Katumba and Constable Daniel Vuciri of Wankulukuku post, who battered him on the way to CPS and during his three-day detention.
Wangadya said because of the acts which she described as inhuman, Nsereko suffered multiple grave body injuries and permanent impotence.
“Katumba and Vicuri’s criminal actions rendered inactive Nsereko’s most vital tool of authority as a man. Most specifically as a husband to Milly (Sajjabi). There is disharmony between her and her husband,â€
Wangadya said.
She said Nsereko is deaf in the right ear and cannot bend.
Wangadya ordered that a copy of the tribunal’s order be given to the police chief, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala, to take disciplinary action against the errant officers.
The money is compensation for violation of his right to protection against torture and the right to personal liberty.
Commissioner Mariam Wangadya awarded Christopher Sajjabi Nsereko, a mason, sh28m for violation of his right to protection against torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Nsereko was further awarded sh2m as damages for violation of his right to personal liberty when he was “illegally†detained at Kampala Central Police Station and sh2m as exemplary damages.
Nsereko, a former local council official, was arrested on suspicion of theft on November 17, 1997 from his home in Kabowa near Kampala by Corporal Katumba and Constable Daniel Vuciri of Wankulukuku post, who battered him on the way to CPS and during his three-day detention.
Wangadya said because of the acts which she described as inhuman, Nsereko suffered multiple grave body injuries and permanent impotence.
“Katumba and Vicuri’s criminal actions rendered inactive Nsereko’s most vital tool of authority as a man. Most specifically as a husband to Milly (Sajjabi). There is disharmony between her and her husband,â€
Wangadya said.
She said Nsereko is deaf in the right ear and cannot bend.
Wangadya ordered that a copy of the tribunal’s order be given to the police chief, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala, to take disciplinary action against the errant officers.