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Museveni blames hunger strike for Besigye’s weakness

President Museveni on Tuesday broke his silence on the continued detention and trial of veteran politician Kizza Besigye, several days after the Supreme Court blocked the prosecution of civilians in military courts. Museveni stated that no one in the world can lecture his government on reconciliation and forgiveness, responding to online calls for the same. He further attributed Besigye’s weakened condition to his hunger strike, noting that his doctors were allowed to treat and transfer him to clinics outside Luzira Prison. “Dr. Besigye, was on hunger strike. That is part of the cause for his weakness that we could see in the pictures that were in the Newspapers,” Museveni wrote on Tuesday. In a lengthy post on his official X […]

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