The law keeping Ugandans behind bars
STEPHEN KAFEERO HERBERT Solomon Kaddu attempted to attack an Anglican bishop on Easter Sunday in 2018, while the latter was preaching to a packed cathedral. Kaddu was restrained and later charged, but acquitted in June 2019 on account of his mental health impairment. But more than two years later, Kaddu remains in prison. Unlike his fellow inmates, who have been sentenced to specific terms, Kaddu’s incarceration is indefinite, until such a time as Uganda’s minister of justice orders his release. The number of inmates in the same situation as Kaddu is unknown as the government has no known registry of such cases. Documented cases point…