[UAH] NEKYON ON PREVENTATIVE DETENTION; THIS NEKYON PREDICTED KATEREGGA' S NRA

Preventive detention was a double-edged sword. It prevented a crime that was feared it if 

were used properly, but it could also create the commission of that offence if it were wrongly 

used. 

If a man were detained because he was trying to subvert the country, it was only proper that 

he should be brought to trial, but if he was going to be kept indefinitely, then Mr. Nekyon 

thought that what Uganda was trying to prevent would instead be caused by other people 

who may think they might be detained as well. 

Preventive detention, unless used correctly, would spread discontent. To detain one man 

meant to detain six, because his friends and family would become discontented. 

To go on detaining more and more people would mean a spread to the point where 

preventive detention could no longer be effective because one had detained three million out 

of seven and a half already. 

At that point the Constitution would be changed by force. This was nature's provision for 

human rights-human nature. He believed that the President and police were being given 

power to eliminate serious political opponents systematically, and he did not think this was 

the answer, even when power is wanted. 

A.A. NEKYON (UPC, Lango S.E.) U.A. 30th June

Viele GruBe

Robukui