Demistfying the order from above : The people versus the attorney general, when the forces extend their constitutional mandate

Lubogo, Isaac Christopher

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dc.contributor.author	Lubogo, Isaac Christopher
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-06T09:53:41Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-06T09:53:41Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Lubogo, I. C. (2021). Demistfying the order from above : The people versus the attorney general, when the forces extend their constitutional mandate, Jescho Publishing House	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1237
dc.description	Book	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The law of criminal procedure lays down the machinery by which suspects are brought to court, tried and if found guilty, punished. Criminal procedure can also be defined as the means by which criminal law is enforced and involves the balancing of the liberty of the citizen against the interests of the community as a whole. The scope of criminal procedure extends over a wide perimeter from prevention and investigation of crime to prosecution and punishment of the offender.1 As far as human rights are concerned, every Ugandan citizen has a right to liberty. This presupposes that the freedom enjoyed by the citizens can only be limited according to the provisions of the law and anything done without heeding the same is said to be arbitrary. The Uganda Police Force is mandated under Section 4 of the Police Act to; protect the life, property and other rights of the individual, maintain security within Uganda, enforce the law, ensure public safety and order and detect and prevent crime in the society. In order to fulfill this mandate the Police is legally empowered to conduct arrests, searches and institute criminal proceedings. However, the in manner in which the Police has conducted numerous arrests over time, has left many Ugandans sceptical as to whether the Police is indeed a custodian of law and order. Many have witnessed brutal arrests of politicians, on television and in newspapers over time and even more recently when Police was dispersing people from political consultative sessions of presidential opposition candidates like Amama Mbabazi and Kiiza Besigye. The question that continues to linger is how should these arrests be conducted under the law? This book analyses the aspect of arrests by the government. It discusses the procedure of an arrestas enshrined in the laws of Uganda, the rights of an accused person, a suspect and even a convict.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Jescho Publishing House	en_US
dc.subject	Order from above	en_US
dc.subject	Attorney general	en_US
dc.subject	Constitutional mandate	en_US
dc.title	Demistfying the order from above : The people versus the attorney general, when the forces extend their constitutional mandate	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US