MP Atiku supports continuity of death penalty

Ayivu county Member of Parliament Bernard Atiku has voiced his support for the maintaining of the death penalty.

The lawmakers' pronouncement comes in the wake of efforts to amend four laws with reference to the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment for the most serious offences/crimes.

But the Attorney General Fred Ruhindi while appearing before the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Committee on April 14 proposed that the Bill be merged with the government's proposals prepared by the Uganda Law Reform Commission.

Atiku and some members of the public in Arua spoke in favour of the death penalty. The private members bill is being moved by Serere Woman MP Alice Alaso.