The trial of Dr. Besigye and his co-accused resumed today with the cross examination of the third Prosecution Witness Mr. Odyek Benedict, an officer at CID headquarters. During cross examination, officer Odyek confirmed to court that the case before court originated from a letter from DPP guiding them to investigate circumstances of Besigye's alleged involvement in acts of treason. Officer Odyek informed court that this case has crime scenes which are the places in which the Geneva, Athens and Nairobi meetings happened, but he further stated that the investigating officers have never visited the crime scenes. Officer Odyek informed court that he did not hear Obeid Lutale talk or say anything in the recorded meetings. Officer Odyek also informed court that he received exhibits including 2 pistols and loose ammunition which he exhibited. Prosecution informed court that the exhibit slips for the 2 pistols were not in the police file presented in court. Officer Odyek confirmed to court that he attached the exhibit slips for the 2 pistols in the police file and couldn't explain why they were missing. Officer Odyek also confirmed to court that the 2 pistols are currently kept under classified stores. Officer Odyek in his testimony before court contradicted himself by first confirming that he did not obtain a court order granting the extraction of Andrew Wilson’s electronic devices and later changed his testimony in the affirmative. Officer Odyek also confirmed to court that the Magistrate H.W Opio Charles Kangira is the same person who granted the court order for extraction of Andrew Wilson’s devices and also commissioned the affidavit of Officer Odyek requesting for the court order. Officer Odyek also confirmed to court that the court order did not grant extraction of some electronic devices including a flash disk, 2 attuide chronometer watches, 2 neck-laced recording devices and a hard drive. The matter has been adjourned to tomorrow 11am for further cross examination of the third Prosecution Witness due to the trial Judge's unavailability this afternoon. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg

I recently saw papers about national dialogue and reconciliation. I’ve heard talks about it.. apparently headed by Gen. Salim Saleh. I almost fell for them. I almost thought that perhaps some of the members of that family that became our owners still has some humanity in it. That perhaps they have started to see the unsustainability and the counterproductivity of these atrocities and the terror they are unleashing on Ugandans. But wapi. Instead of starting by releasing those arbitrarily detained, allowing medical care for those they have tortured,etc, they are continuing to abduct more, torture more, imprison more.. ##FreeLouisNinsiima #FreeSamMugumya #FreeKingZale #FreeEriyaJjengo #FreeEriasLukwago #FreeKizzaBesigye #FreeObeidLutale… Look, the names can’t even fit here😡

SFC has violently abducted another comrade, @LouisKyle_

It’s also an indictment on the prisons authorities that held onto him in jail instead of sending him to a proper hospital yet they knew that they could not treat him. A sign that majority of people who die in jail are actually killed by the prisons authorities because of their negligence and incompetence. If one is not in jail for murder, why should they die in jail like the many stories we hear of? This clearly showed that @UgandaPrisons doesn’t have the capacity to guarantee the right to health while one is in custody. But all in all, shame on the @JudiciaryUG for dispensing torture instead of justice!

This morning at the Office of the National Chairman in Nakasero, I was honoured to receive Hon. Justice Dr. Singiza Douglas Karekona, Chairperson of Uganda’s Judicial Service Commission, on a courtesy call. Justice Singiza warmly endorsed Gen. @mkainerugaba for President of Uganda. A powerful affirmation of the vision we share for a stronger, more just nation

As Justice V.F Musoke Kibuuka said on compliance with electoral laws during vote recount; "A snake will always produce a snake. It cannot produce an elephant." Here is our view on the Election Petition decision in Nalubowa Rose v Nameere Justine & others (Election Petition No.5 of 2026 Before Judge Bernard Namanya FACTS. Following the general elections held on January 15th, Electoral Commission declared Nalubowa Rose as the duly elected candidate for district woman representative to parliament for Masaka city with 25,443 votes. On the other hand, Nameere Justine was the 2nd with 20,324 votes. Nameere Justine then applied to court for a recount on ground that the EC had omitted results from 11 polling stations in the final declaration. The Chief magistrate ordered a recount in which Nameere Justine was declared the winner with 25,502 votes while Nalubowa Rose had 23,176 votes. The petitioner challenged the recount that reversed her victory on grounds of procedural illegality, reliance on photocopied DR forms, unsecured/tampered ballot boxes, exclusion of 9 polling stations. HOLDING. The judge held that decision of the Chief Magistrate to proceed with recount after it became apparent that the security and integrity of several ballot boxes and other essential electoral materials had been compromised amounted to non-compliance with electoral laws. The judge further held that Chief Magistrate acted in non-compliance with the law election law by declaring Nameere Justine the winner following the recount. (pg 47). The EC failed in its role to ensure safe custody of all election documents until their lawful destruction The EC’s failure to safeguard the ballot boxes and related electoral materials required for the recount constituted non-compliance with the law. The Chief Magistrate acted in non-compliance with the law by declaring Justine Nameere as the winner following the recount. However, the Judge finally held that the Petitioner did not prove that the result certified after the recount failed to reflect the democratic choice of the electorate of Masaka City for district woman MP. The Judge concluded that although the election and recount did not comply with the law, the non-compliance did not affect the results in a substantial manner to warrant re-election. In reaching this decision, the judge considered the following; The Petitioner did not place before the court any polling station by polling station identifying discrepancies between the figures certified by Chief Magistrate through recount and figures declared by the EC. The Petitioner did not place before the Court the complete record of the recount proceedings presided over by the Chief Magistrate. The Petitioner did not produce evidence that she received from EC the record of vote recount proceedings. In essence the judge relied on defective recount to declare Nameere the winner. The Petitioner was ordered to pay costs of the petition. AGORA's POSITION. The main challenge with this judgment is that after the judge declaring that the recount by the Chief Magistrate was in non-compliance with the law, the Judge compared figures arising from the illegal recount and misapplied the substantiality test thereby declaring Nameere as validly elected. He assumed the figures from the illegal recount were accurate. An illegal process cannot produce legal results. Quote Justice V.F Musoke Kibuuka on compliance with electoral laws during vote recount; A snake will always produce a snake. It cannot produce an elephant. (Kasibante Moses v Katongole Singh Marwaha P & EC. Election Petition No. 23/2021Pg 23.)

Supposing we had 553 members of the 12th Parliament like @OfwonoOpondo?