Let me take this opportunity to reiterate what I have said many times before, that the NRM is fully committed to the rule of law, the protection of human rights, and the independence of the judiciary. Our country has gone through a traumatic experience for the last twenty or so years, mainly because Obote and Amin had no respect for the rule of law. Their soldiers and security agents had become a law unto themselves because they could murder, rape, and rob with impunity. The liberation war we fought was to restore the dignity and inviolability of the person of every Ugandan and to protect his property. Nobody has the right to take away a persons life, freedom or property except within the due process of the law. Law is important for the preservation of order and good government. A society without laws would soon degenerate into anarchy and cease to be worthy of living in. A society with bad laws, on the other hand, is equally dangerous because it is oppressive and dispiriting. Y.K Museveni Colonial versus Modern Law Speech at a law seminar in Kampala, January 12 1987
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