The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences...

The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences on capital offences with long jail terms, the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, Janat Mukwaya said.
Mukwaya was speaking at a workshop on human rights for local councillors in Mukono District held at Ntenjeru subcounty HQ recently. "The government is considering scrapping the death sentence on capital offences because it does not give the culprit time to reform. Long jail terms will replace death penalty," she said.
Mukwaya said the change would enable lower courts to handle similar cases because the high courts had a large backlog of cases.
Mukwaya said offences such as defilement and rape would be reduced from death sentence to life imprisonment to allow the culprits to reform.
"Death sentences don't give people fair and just treatment. Everybody deserves a second chance," she said.
Participants at the workshop called on the government to sensitize the people more on human rights.