Angela Kateemu

Gen Z and borderline Gen Z DJs, gather here and we speak Amapiano and marathons.

It’s exciting to see work that @PublicSquareEA has been a part of, be presented at an internationally acclaimed gathering like The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31)! Massive gratitude to everyone who’s been part of the journey to improving the quality of air we breathe! Thanks to Buganda Kingdom for showing massive leadership on this journey to a healthier community. #EmpewoBweBulamu

Here’s a courtroom video in which Mr Andrew Mubiru essentially admitting to having no evidence linking Mrs Katanga to firing that gun. It’s 2 years gone from the time he showed up in court and said his DNA evidence couldn’t be relied upon to say she even touched, let alone operated that gun. She remains in jail to this day.

Domestic Violence and the Law It’s only in Uganda where justice officials will meet with people from the west, accept millions of Euros/Dollars to apparently fight Gender-Based Violence, while the same country’s courts have very senior @PoliceUg officers like The Director of Forensic Services, Mr Andrew K. Mubiru, downplaying the suffering of GBV victims and getting them jailed. See Frame 1 The State acknowledges that a woman was beaten to near death. The aforementioned ACP Andrew Mubiru said her blood was found allover the room, including bloody hair on a door edge where her head was likely banged. But when asked to speak to how her blood might have gotten there if not for domestic violence, he said he didn’t know…..“she might have urinated there”. Asked if a woman can urinate on a ceiling, his answer was : “I don’t know, I’m not a woman….ask women”. The then presiding Judge had to remind him to “stop making outlandish statements”. Frame 2 That’s an excerpt from a court report by @DailyMonitor from when the very highly skilled and experienced Director of Health Services in Uganda Police gave testimony in that case. He essentially said this lady could have died if there was no urgent medical intervention to manage her wounds suffered due to domestic violence. Frame 3 That’s an excerpt from a Dutch funded study that found that while women form 5% of Uganda’s prison population, 87% of them are in prison on domestic violence related charges. Many of those are victims of a police to prison pipeline built in attracting donor funding only to not solve the problem. We desperately need #DPPReforms #EmptyTheJails

Call for freedom of Jailed EACOP Activists. Last week, we had a few prison visits; among which were visits to 11 young men and women, currently locked up in Luzira Prisons for protesting what is essentially a done deal; EACOP. Some of these kids are university students whose parents think they’re in school whereas not. Most of them have been on remand for about a month now and have a court appearance today at Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court where it’s hoped they’ll get bail. A lot of them seem like truly committed environmental justice warriors. A few seem to have gone for the vibes. It’s hard to tell whether they understand the machine they’re up against; both from the pro-oil and anti-oil lobby. What’s clear though is that they need some major help. The boys especially were in dire condition. 3 of them had an eye infection that’s failed to abate. 4 of them have been on remand longer than the period within which mandatory bail is supposed to kick in. They don’t seem to know what to do. @ODPPUGANDA seems bent on ignoring that constitutional provision and continues to oppose bail and keep kids in jail. One girl has a weeks old baby. She doesn’t know when she will be out of the prison walls. It appears the communication between them and their US paid lawyers doesn’t go beyond “I’ll see you in court”. Perhaps the lawyers are overwhelmed. Perhaps the non-profit that pays their legal bills only covers certain aspects (Frame 2). The lawyers, from what I gather, are paid by a US based non-profit to defend any protestors jailed over environmental causes. It’s a mini-economy built on pain. Something has to give. These kids don’t deserve to be in jail for their honest beliefs and convictions about the need to protect the environment. But I feel like someone in the state structures also needs to put their arm around them and give them an education on why the state will go ahead and run its oil projects no matter what. They’re the pawns on a massive international chessboard. It’s unclear as to how much longer this game is gonna be played. The state can’t run away from the Hosea 4:6 obligations. Educate your people; don’t just jail them!! #FreeEACOPActivists