The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has deemed false and baseless the allegations taking rounds on social media that Dr. Kizza Besigye is having health concerns as a result of the prisons authorities setting bed bugs in his room to make him have sleepless nights. Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the UPS says that the false […]
Lukwago asked the magistrate to take charge of her court without any harassment and persecution from the state operatives. Vvulugu mu Kulonda Kwa NRM e Mukono, Abadde Ssentebe Ssebaggala Adduse mu Kalulu Lawyers representing the jailed opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye, Obeid Lutale and Captain Denis Oola have walked out of the Nakawa Chief Magistrates […]
Last Friday, the EC through the Uganda Gazette, declared that PFF had fulfilled all the required formalities including acquisition of an endorsement of signatures from 97 districts. Disappeared from Police Headquarters, Parliamentary CID Charles Twine’s Family Members Fail to Locate Him Dr. Kizza Besigye’s incarceration for over six months now on charges connected to treason […]
Soldiers assaulted him while removing him from the courtroom, before arresting and placing him in the dock alongside his clients. Vatican Sets Date for Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights wrote to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni rising concern about human rights violations in Uganda. The Commissions particularly singled […]
Bwana Arinaitwe became infamous in 2011 after pepper-spraying opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye directly in the eyes shortly after smashing his vehicle’s window glass near Mulago Hospital Roundabout during the walk-to-work protests. Pope Francis’ Funeral: World Leaders; US’ Donald Trump, Ukraine’s Velenskyy to Attend But Not Russia’s Putin The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has […]
“The right to liberty is fundamental,” Judge Kania concluded, “but must be weighed against the interests of national security. Bail is not an entitlement—it is a matter of court discretion.” MP Shamim Malende’s Health Worsens, Airlifted to Nairobi Hospital The High Court Criminal Division has denied bail to Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and his […]
The five activists were arrested on February 19, 2025, in downtown Kampala on Ben Kiwanuka Street while wearing blue and white T-shirts with the inscription “Kill me but spare Besigye.” The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted non-cash bail of sh500,000 each to five women activists from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction, […]
Preliminary investigations according to the DPP suggest that these devices may have been used in the commission of the offenses and could contain relevant data to help in the prosecution of Besigye and Lutaale. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed an application before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court seeking to access, analyze and […]
Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye has called off his hunger strike following his appearance in Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court today. Besigye, who has been on hunger strike in protest of his continued detention, was brought to court in a wheelchair but appeared determined during the brief session. Besigye, who has been outspoken against government policies, […]
The government has admitted that the situation of the former presidential candidate, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye is alarming. This was during Tuesday’s plenary sitting in which the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among questioned the government side about steps taken to comply with the Supreme Court directive of 31st January 2025, regarding the unconstitutional trial of […]