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The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has tasked government to account for new missing members of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Ssenyonyi said several of their party members have allegedly been kidnapped by unknown people in Kampala and Mpigi. “As we are still grappling with the situation of Dr Kizza …

The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Retired Col Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Lutaale Kamulegeya and Captain Denis Oola on charges of treason and misprison of treason. Prosecutors allege that the charges were committed in various countries including Switzerland, Greece, Kenya and Uganda where they reportedly made …

It emerges that the state is planning to connect veteran opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye’s case with that of the 36 Ugandan opposition supporters arrested in Kisumu, Kenya, in 2024. The prosecution team made the revelation in court, objecting to a request for Dr. Besigye to be evacuated to seek …

Officials from the Electoral Commission of the National Unity Platform (NUP), including Mercy Walukamba and Rahma Juma, who were allegedly abducted by people dressed in both military and civilian attire on Tuesday this week, have spoken out about their ordeal. The two claim they were subjected to inhumane torture and …

Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has declined to order the unconditional release of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye following after a unanimous ruling that he is ‘medically unfit to stand trial’. Presiding Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya on Thursday, February 20, 2025 suspended criminal proceedings in his 2022 incitement to violence …

Parliament has tasked the Government to account for the whereabouts of the alleged kidnapped members of the National Unity Platform-NUP. The directive followed a report by the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi who informed Parliament that seven NUP members had been abducted by unknown individuals and taken to …

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP has called upon people from across the world to continue exerting pressure on the government of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to release Dr Kizza Besigye. Besigye a four-time challenger to Museveni has been in prison since mid-November for among others …

The High Court in Kampala has directed lawyers representing detained lawyer Eron Kiiza to file written submissions in his bid for release from prison. Kiiza is currently serving a nine-month sentence handed down by the General Court Martial. On Wednesday, the Civil Division Judge, Dr. Douglas Singiza instructed the Attorney …

The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has expressed concern that prolonged detentions Dr. Kizza Besigye and all other political prisoners, without trial derail the growth of true multi-party politics. The party also renewed calls for the immediate release of Besigye, warning that continued detentions threaten democratic process ahead of general elections. …

National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has urged Ugandans to continue exerting pressure on the government, stating that what is happening to Dr. Kizza Besigye, is not prosecution but persecution.   Kyagulanyi made the remarks after the High Court Civil Division heard a habeas …