Uganda: Police Should Stop Trial By Media

opinion

It has now become a trend - quite an uncomfortable one - that whenever police raids slums, lodges or other suspicious places, the media is tipped off and accompanies them on their missions.

The police are sloughing. They need a makeover. They have never recovered from the 2010 tragedy when several people were killed while watching the World Cup finals at Kyaddondo rugby club, and the Ethiopian restaurant at Kabalagala.

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