President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must...

President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must remain as a deterrent against indiscriminate killings. Museveni made the remarks at a one-day workshop on the conflict in northern Uganda held at the International Conference Centre. Some human rights organisations had been calling for the abolition of the death penalty. "I hear some people saying that the death sentence is inhuman. Very sorry. We shall shoot anybody who kills a human being," Museveni warned, adding that criminals must be punished for their crimes. "You are the one who kills, why can't we kill you? When our soldiers make mistakes we punish them," he said.