Human rights activists have demanded the Uganda Police Force respond to allegations of widespread human rights violations within its cells, including reports of officers raping male inmates. Jim Spire Ssentongo, a renowned human rights advocate, was the first to demand an explanation from the Uganda Police leadership. “Uganda Police, come out and talk about these allegations of young boys/suspects being ‘sodomised’ by your officers under police custody. We can’t let this pass just like that,” he wrote in a July 24 post on his X account (formerly Twitter).