Activists push for removal of death penalty from regional countries’ laws
A hangman's noose. The death penalty has been abolished in 102 countries worldwide, including Rwanda and Burundi. PHOTO | FILE
In 1999, Uganda hanged about a dozen civilians, including a famous activist of the Obote II government Musa Sebirumbi. Three years later, a court martial in the Karamoja region executed two soldiers for murdering a missionary — Declan O’Toole.
About 15 years earlier, in 1987, Kenya had executed its last death row convict, Hezekiah Ochuka for his role in the country’s 1982 coup attempt. Tanzania, too, had its last death row execution in 1994.
