David Lewis Rubongoya, Secretary General of the National Unity Platform (NUP), has criticized what he described as the ineffective...

This week, the Ugandan Parliament passed the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2025, after a heated debate that exposed...

Prominent human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza has been granted bail by the High Court’s Criminal Division today, April 4,...

The High Court’s Criminal Division has set April 4th, 2025, as the date to deliver a ruling on the...

City lawyer Erias Lukwago has said his client, Kizza Besigye, has called off his hunger strike following his appearance...

The General Court Martial handling former opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye’s case has rejected an application by defense lawyers...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni declared his support for the trial of civilians in the court martial, recognizing its role in addressing gun-related crimes.

Besigye and the co-accused Kamulegeya are not the first civilians to appear before the military court; many have been charged, and in the case of Micheal Kabaziguruka, the former MP for Nakawa division, the Constitutional Court held a decision that the General Court Martial has no power to try civilians, though this still continues to happen.