PRIME We can’t get justice with lawyers terrorised - Besigye National Jun 30
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Dr Kizza Besigye (C), his aide Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya (R) and UPDF officer Denis Oola in the dock at the High court on June 30, 2026. PHOTO | JULIET KIGONGO.
Opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye has raised fresh concerns over the safety and availability of his legal team, arguing that he cannot receive a fair hearing when lawyers representing him are allegedly being intimidated and prevented from carrying out their duties.
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Besigye voiced the concerns before the High Court on Tuesday, shortly after Justice Emmanuel Baguma declined to temporarily stay proceedings in his human rights application against Chief of Defence Forces [CDF] Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The judge directed parties to file written submissions in a new application challenging the right to representation.
“You have heard our lawyers are on the run and you are now advising us to assemble other lawyers who will not run because the person terrorising them is the accused,” Besigye told the court.
“This is why it is fundamentally important that if there is justice in this court, then the whole question of how we are represented should be addressed before this application can be heard.”
Besigye questioned how the court expected him and his co-applicant, Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, to comply with filing before deadline when key members of their legal team were unavailable.
“Who is to make the submissions you are ordering when everybody is on the run?” he asked.
He also complained that the respondents had replied to the application before being formally served, and reiterated his long-standing concerns about the conduct of the criminal proceedings against him.
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