Gun Policy News
Politicians, Soldiers, Police Misuse Guns, Kill Ugandans in 'Bitter Harvest'
27 March 2010
Monitor (Kampala)
Within a week, four Ugandans have been shot dead by the very security agents mandated to protect them. It is the continuation of a trend that exposes the ugly side of Uganda's gun culture.
It is the kind of behaviour that compelled a senior minister to resign some 23 years ago, but not today. When, on October 15, 1987, then Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire drew a pistol on the late Jennifer Kuteesa at a hotel in Kampala during an argument, he resigned soon... (GunPolicy.org)