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UGANDA –Â 18 handcuffed Bobi Wine supporters react after arriving at the army court in Makindye, Kampala. They were arrested on December 30, 2020 and remanded to prison on allegations of illegal possession of four rounds of ammunition, which offence the state says was committed on January 3, 2021.
After spending close to five months on remand, at least 18 out of 30 supporters of former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, were Tuesday released on bail by the General Court Martial in Makindye, Kampala.
While releasing the 18 on their third attempt to apply for bail, the chairman of the court, Lt Gen Andrew Gutti, said he had found merit in their application after the State prosecutor did not object to their bail.
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Saturday February 20 2021
National Unity Platfrom (NUP) party supporters and aides of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, arrive at the General Court Martial in Makindye, Kampala, for bail application hearing on February 8. PHOTO/KELVIN ATUHAIRE
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In February 2016, Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Michael Kabaziguruka had just won the Nakawa Division parliamentary seat.
His party’s presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye, who had lost to President Museveni in an election whose results he disputed, had declared what he termed as a “defiance campaign” against the government.
However, Mr Kabaziguruka could be initiated into Parliament, the security agencies, which believed Mr Kabaziguruka was a key cog in Dr Besigye’s defiance campaign, pounced and charged him with 22 others at the General Military Court Martial with hatching a plot to overthrow Mr Museveni’s government - using sanctuaries of Kampala, Wak
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Sunday February 14 2021
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The issue: Independence of military court.
Our view: To just withdraw the charges after two years would suggest that the charges were either brought as holding charges without serious merit or serious offenders can be let go if those in power believe doing so is politically beneficial.
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It emerged this week that Lt Gen Andrew Gutti, the head of the Military Court Martial, has written to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen David Muhoozi, asking how to proceed in regards to the charges against former police boss Gen Kale Kayihura.
President Museveni, while campaigning in Gen Kayihura’s home district of Kisoro at the turn of the year, said he would consider the request by some residents in the district to drop the charges against Gen Kayihura.