Maybe, 2021

Andrew Campbell 

Uganda’s parliament has passed May 4 an important legislation, the Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifices Bill 2020, which provides the maximum punishment of death penalty or life imprisonment for anyone convicted in human sacrifice and such wrongdoing. The new legislation received overwhelming support and passed at Uganda's Parliament. Members of the Parliament welcomed the passing of the bill and considered it long overdue.

Clause 1 of the Human Sacrifices Bill 2020 defines human sacrifice as murder, mutilation, removal of human organs for sale, rituals, witchcraft, or harmful human practices. Children and albinos often were targeted as the most victims of human sacrifice. Besides, human sacrifice has been a common phenomenon in Uganda misleading people at risk to make easy, quick wealth or power.

Earlier, the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, led by the Busiki County MP Paul Akamba, issued a human rights report pointing out that records from the Uganda Police Force alerted human sacrifice cases have been steadily increasing for years. The committee also recommended punitive measures against human sacrifice practices. The Human Sacrifice Bill 2020 now is presenting at the desk of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni awaiting his approval and will become active soon.

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