Today I was in Kampala for Dr. Kizza Besigye's case scheduling.
The prosecution has failed to fully disclose its evidence in total disobedience of a court order to do so.
Instead, on the 11th of March 2026, they filed an application seeking permission to conceal the identity of one of their six witnesses and the court, in the absence of the defence, proceeded to fix this application for hearing today.
We as the defence protested this preferential treatment of the prosecution.
The court failed to account for the defence's right to peruse the application and to respond to it adequately. This is not a procedural technicality, it is a matter of fundamental fairness.
An accused person must know the case against him and who his accuser is in order to prepare his defence. That is a right.
We return to court on the 31st of March. Dr. Besigye is 69 years old and has been in remand for over 500 days, a period that has greatly compromised his health.
The prosecution's unwarranted delays are punitive. And they will not go unchallenged.
Aluta Continua.
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