Ugandans demand for prosecution of sitting presidents.

Wakiso, Uganda (PANA) - After living under dictatorial and corrupt administrations, Ugandans are seeking a constitutional amendment so that both civil and criminal proceedings could be instituted against an erring serving President.

This is one of the proposals contained in a memorandum presented to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) by a 37-year-old Vincent Kabanda, who led a fairly organised groups of peasants in Wakiso District, 65km from Kampala, the capital.

CRC was commissioned a year ago to collect views in preparation for a review of the current constitution, about which many people have misgivings.

In his submission to the CRC chaired by Uganda's leading lawyer Prof. Fredrick Ssempebwa, Kabanda argued that "the trying of a serving president(s) prevents leaders with dictatorial tendencies from retaining themselves in power".

"A sitting president found or interdicted in acts of corruption should be subjected to investigations and trial since most of the senior government officials around the president are found guilty of corruption".

"At that time he should take leave and only return to office once cleared or exonerated by the competent courts of law," the memorandum said.

"If it is really true that no one is above the law. So let it be. President Yoweri Museveni has been named in many scandals of corruption and he has used veto power to rescue his brother from the wrath of the law after stealing billions of money," Kabanda told the CRC.