President Museveni is on a countrywide tour urging people to support a bill that will deny suspects accused of rape, corruption and child sacrifice their constitutional right to bail.
The President wants the suspects to be locked up for six months before they can be considered for bail. In effect, the President is handing a guilty verdict to the suspects before they are tried. This contradicts our laws that say that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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