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 […]
The president of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Jimmy Akena has backed the four-time presidential candidate, Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye on the move to resort to a hunger strike, saying it is the only option he was left with. Akena urged Ugandans to use this opportunity to examine the continued interference of security organs […]
The police in Kampala Business District on Monday arrested politicians over the free Dr. Besigye protest. The suspects who are currently in police custody include; Doreen Nyanjura, the Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor, Ingrid Turinawe among others. The suspects have been arrested from Arua Park in Kampala. Police and the army from Sunday evening heavily deployed […]
Edith Byanyima, sibling to jailed Dr. Kizza Besigye’s wife Winnie Byanyima, has told journalists that authorities from Luzira prison alerted them over the deteriorating health state of Dr. Kizza Besigye, allegedly asking them to dispatch his personal doctor to attend to him. Byanyima disclosed this during the Sunday media conference the family convened at Kampala […]
Dr. Kizza Beisgye is in critical condition, says his lawyer, Erias Lukwago. In a communication passed on Lukwago’s X handle 12 minutes ago, he has said that Dr. Besigye needs more prayers as he is currently admitted in a private medical facility at Bugoloobi where he was rushed in an ambulance after his health condition […]
A man identified as Alfred Byamukama has spent 28 years at Luzira prison without appearing before courts for trial. Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has said his long stay on remand has exposed the persistent pre-trial detention crisis blamed for congestion in Uganda’s prisons. The parliament committee also found that more than a half of the population of […]
Dr Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Kamulegeya have been further remanded until February 3, 2025. The General Court martial chaired by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe ignored all the questions and concerns raised by Besigye’s legal team led by Martha Karua and Fred Mpanga. Earlier, Besigye and Hajji Kamulegeya declined to take plea. Ssegirinya’s Family Resorts […]