Baada ya ripoti za vyombo vya habari kuhusu hatua hii, wakili Elias Lukwago amesema kuwa Besigye, mwenye umri wa miaka 68, alianza mgomo wake wa kula tangu Jumatatu, akisema kuwa “hajabaki na chaguo ila kuanza mgomo wa kula”.
The country scored 32 out of 100, showing a slight improvement from 31 points in 2023. However, this score is still below both the Sub-Saharan African average of 33 points and the global average of 43 points.
Afisa mkuu wa fedha wa Uganda, Lawrence Semakula, pamoja na wengine wanane, wamefunguliwa mashtaka ya udanganyifu na utakatishaji fedha kufuatia wizi wa karibu dola milioni 16 za Marekani zilizokuwa zimekusudiwa kulipia mikopo ya maendeleo, kulingana na nyaraka za mahakama.
Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni’s trusted personal physician but has become a government target since joining the opposition 25 years ago and unsuccessfully running for president four times.
Muhoozi’s announcement follows after DRC armed forces lost control of Matembe, a town in North Kivu province located on the road to the key commercial hub of Butembo, after clashes broke out Sunday with the M23, according to the local and military sources.
The $10-billion investment includes drilling for oil in the Lake Albert area in northwestern Uganda and building a 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) heated pipeline to ship the crude to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga.
President William Ruto has jetted out of the country to champion trade, security, and innovation at the 24th Ordinary Summit of the East African Heads of State in Arusha, Tanzania.
Besigye, 68, was brought to the General Court Martial in handcuffs and under a heavily armed military escort, his lawyer Erias Lukwago told AFP.
Upande wa mashtaka ulidai kuwa wanachama 16 wa chama kikuu cha upinzani cha National Unity Platform (NUP), pamoja na wengine ambao bado wanakimbia, walikutwa na vilipuzi kati ya Novemba 2020 na Mei 2021, wakati uchaguzi ukiendelea.
The prosecution alleged that the 16 members of the main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), as well as others still on the run, were found in possession of explosives between November 2020 and May 2021, while elections were underway.
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