Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed a new law that allows civilian military tests

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed an amendment to an amendment that allows civilians to be tried in a military court under certain conditions.

The previous law allowed such trials was controlled by the Supreme Court in January.

Before this judgment, If the civilians were found in military equipment, the military could be taken to court as a form of weapons or army. The activists complained that the law was used to follow the government critics.

Last month, the amendment made a heavy police, a serious police and boycott of the opposition MPs, who claimed that the country’s highest court violated power by the country’s highest court.

In January, the judges said that the military courts were not biased or biased to carry out court functions.

The adjustment appears to try and solve some issues.

Those who chair the judiciary should be relevant legal qualifications and training. This is also said that when performing legal functions, they must be independent and impartial.

However, if civilians are found with military hardware, it can still be transferred.

“The law will be resolved resolutely with armed criminals, and the formation of militants prevent political groups that ensure that the democratic processes will take place on a solid foundation base. Col Chris Marezi wrote in X after passing the bill deputies.

However, the opposition leader Bobi wine said the law would be used against him and others.

“All the opposition is targeting in the act,” he said.

Uganda Legal SocietyA professional organization representing the country’s lawyers said that this will be the “challenges the Constitution”.

For years, the activists claimed that the government was sown in opposition and evidenced by the government to silence the opposition.

“If you are a political opponent, then do not enter the military court, and then you will know that your destiny will be sealed … Once there will never happen to you,” he will never visit your door.

He added that the courts can be detained in prison for the decisions of those who are waiting for the decisions of high-military officials that could never be the decisions of more harsh fines than the civil courts.

A recent high-level claim, November-lasting opposition figure, Kizza Besigye’s arrest was watched. In the neighboring Kenya, crossed the border, and then was charged with a military court that was a pistol and was accused of a military court trying to get weapons abroad.

These charges were thrown and replaced by others, the case was transferred to the civil court after the decision of the Supreme Court.

Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, described the verdict as the “wrong decision”Adding, “The country is not governed by judges. It is managed by people.”

He was there Previously defended the use of military courts “By the help of criminals and terrorists who used the weapon to kill people indefinitely, he said, saying that they were engaged in it.

He said that the civil courts were very busy to “quickly manage criminals from this weapon.”