The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative has warned Ugandans against mob justice which it says reckless negligence of what the law requires Ugandans to do when they get other Ugandans committing crimes.

Livingstone Sewanyana

According to the proper procedure the law requires that if a citizen gets another committing a crime then such a citizen should take that other citizen to the nearest police stations but which some Ugandans neglect and instead beat up such suspected criminals.

The FHRI has said in its bi-annual report for the period of Jan- June 2010 that Ugandans should not simply take the law for granted and purport to execute their own justice by committing mob justice against such suspected criminals.

FHRI says the law is clear on what Ugandans have to do when they come across suspected criminals and it is imperative that Ugandans follow exactly that.

According to the Police annual crime report in 2009, mob justice was one of the most commonly reported crimes. This has continued in 2010 as the FHRI report suggests that scores of people have been lynched to death by mobs.

Unfortunately no prosecutions have been concluded in of the cases related to mob justice and in some cases there were even no arrests made.

By Zakaria Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media