KAMPALA: A well-known opposition figure who is currently imprisoned in Uganda for allegedly threatening condition security is frail and in need of immediate medical attention, his attorney said on Thursday.
Four-time political candidate Kizza Besigye, who has been in confinement since his violence from Kenya on November 16, is ill and experience bouts of hypotension, said Erias Lukwago.
Besigye, 68, and an assistant have been charged with offenses related to the unlawful possession of a rifle and threatening national security by a military court in Kampala. Additionally, Besigye is accused of a distinct offense of treachery, a crime punishable by the death penalty for military service.
Besigye was detained on Wednesday in Kampala’s maximum-security jail, where Lukwago saw him. According to Lukwago, Besigye requires specialized care that the jail system’s health services are unable to provide.
Besigye’s military test has enraged his supporters and sparked concern among his adherents. Besigye’s transfer is being demanded by Amnesty International, who claims that his “abduction clearly violated international human rights legislation and the process of repatriation with its appropriate fair trial protections.”
Uganda’s supreme court ruled next month that residents didn’t get court-martialed, questioning the ability of uneducated military officials to deliver justice. However, Yoweri Museveni, an authoritarian leader in power since 1986, claimed he disagreed with the judge’s ruling and that” the land is not governed by the courts.”
According to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Lukwago and other protesters are attempting to completely Besigye, but prison guards claim they have no warrant for his discharge.
Besigye’s family, UNAIDS executive producer Winnie Byanyima, had asserted that he is on a starvation reach, an account disputed by prison officials.
Besigye has been subject to numerous arrests and assaults throughout his political career, but he has never been found guilty of a murder.
Ugandans concerned about political maneuvers ahead of the upcoming presidential elections are carefully watching Besigye’s situation. Although Museveni is expected to find re-election, some watchers believe he may move away.
Many people anticipate an unanticipated democratic change because Museveni has no clear-cut leader to replace him in the National Resistance Movement Party.
Besigye, a competent doctor who retired from Uganda’s military at the rank of colonel, is a former chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change group, for many years Uganda’s most popular opposition party. He has a vehement writer against Museveni, who formerly worked as a private doctor and defense assistant.
