According to Justice Gaswaga, atrocities committed on a scale warranting transitional justice is considered a manifestation of a failure on the part of the government that triggers the responsibility for the state to pay reparations to the victims.
Johnson Natuhwera, a Senior State Attorney who represented the Attorney General however told the court that the primary responsibility for compensating the victims lies with the convict who committed the crimes but not the government.
Grace Adong, one of the victims of Kwoyelo’s attack in Pagak Internally Disolaced People’s Camp in Lamogi Subcounty says she was expecting a life imprisonment sentence for Kwoyelo but is shocked that he will only serve 25 years in jail.