The High Court has ordered for the immediate transfer of all Civilians being held in Military detention centers to Civilian Facilities
The order has been issued by Justice Musa Ssekaana after he ruled that it is illegal to remand Civilians in Military facilities.
Justice Musa Ssekaana ruled that civilians in military detentions cannot get a fair trial since their lawyers and relatives cannot ably access them to prepare for hearing of their cases.
The ruling was made after the family of a detained NRM Cadre Bruno Francis Bazibu dragged government and security agencies to Court for unlawfully transferring him from Kitalya government prison to Makindye Military police barracks in Kampala.
Bazibu is charged with unlawful possession of a bullet that the state claims was found at his home in Wakiso District ,when this ammunition is a monopoly of the Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF.
In her affidavit, Bazibu's wife Joan Namazzi told court that her husband was being held incommunicado since being transferred.
She stated that neither the family nor his lawyers have been able to see him to discuss the way forward of his case.
The ruling comes at a time when many civilians especially from opposition re being held in military detention for wearing red berets.
