The Uganda law society has quashed the public order management bill currently before the committee on legal and Parliamentary affairs, saying its’ not good in its current form.

Making a submission on behalf of the society, the President of the society James Mukasa Ssebugenyi says if the bill is passed into an act in its present state, it can successfully be challenged in the constitutional court.

He also says a big number of articles of the bill contravene and gag the fundamental rights as enshrined in article 29 of the constitution.

Ssebugenyi also says the bill is more prohibitive that regulatory.

He notes that the powers given to the Police to the extent of using fire arms in quelling such unlawful gatherings expose the lives of Ugandans to risk and give the Police so much power which may easily be misused.

He has advised the committee and Government to adopt a bill and include ideas forwarded and reflective of all issues raised by Ugandans so that it’s accommodative to all people.

Ultimate Media