Besigye declines to take plea, further remanded

Veteran politician, Dr. Kizza Besigye declined to plead to new charges of treachery on Monday, citing concerns over the General Court Martial’s jurisdiction to try civilians for offenses allegedly committed outside Uganda. This development follows the prosecution’s introduction of a new charge and a new suspect, Captain Dennis Ola, a serving officer with the UPDF Armory Brigade, as a co-accused. Besigye’s lawyers, Erias Lukwago and Martha Karua, argue that the court lacks territorial jurisdiction to try offenses committed beyond Uganda’s borders. They point out that the chargesheet alleges the offenses took place in Greece, Switzerland, and Kenya, where the accused were found with weapons purportedly monopolized by the Ugandan defense forces. Besigye and Lukwago contend that weapons can only be […] The post Besigye declines to take plea, further remanded first appeared on 93.3 KFM.