Uganda: Widow Awarded Sh60million By UHRC for 2004 UPDF Murder of Her Husband

[Independent (Kampala)] Soroti -- The Human Rights Tribunal sitting in Soroti has awarded sh60 million to Phylis Chepkwemoi, a widow to Gilbert Cherotwo who was tortured to death by the Uganda People's Defense Force- UPDF soldiers in 2004. Chepkwemoi, a resident of Kapsiywo Village, Chapkwasta Sub County in Bukwo district ran to the tribunal after the death of her husband who was beaten by 17 soldiers for two hours, for allegedly possessing an illegal firearm.