Government cannot simply act on requests to release suspects being held in relation to the 2021 election, Orungo County Member of Parliament Gen. Jeje Odongo has said.
The former Minister of Internal Affairs in the recently dissolved Cabinet, was responding to questions asked by journalists about the calls by the former Mufti of Uganda sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje to have all political prisoners released since elections were over.
Mufti Mubajje also called for the many motorbikes being held in Police stations to be given back to owners.
While acting in his capacity as the Minister of Internal Affairs in March this year, Hon. Odongo tabled a list of 177 people held in different facilities, and were reportedly thought to be missing or kidnapped.
However, in response to the calls to have them released, Odongo says that the best demand or request that can be made is that the process of law should be expedited.
He added that government cannot just release suspects who are believed to have links to certain criminal events. But rather, that the best move is to let the process that is currently going on happen so that those that are not guilty are released.
