By Ben Musanje
1st Dec 2021
The decision by a police officer to compel a female student at Kyambogo University to remove her veil before accessing the examination room has drawn the attention of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC.
On Tuesday, a photo of a police officer compelling a female Muslim student to unveil before accessing the examination room went viral on social media.
One of the students identified as Naswiba Nassanga later recorded a video narrating how the officer compelled her and her friend to drop their veils before they could be allowed into the examination room.
Sheikh Juma Bakihik Cucu, the Secretary for Education at Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, says that unveiling Muslim females directly interferes with their religious freedoms enshrined in the Ugandan constitution.
Counsel Mahmood Kakeeto, who doubles as the Secretary-General of Uganda Muslim Lawyers Association says that what the security operatives did at Kyambogo University was very unconstitutional and attracts imprisonment.
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