Agency
The Makindye Magistrate’s Court has remanded the former Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago, and the President of the People’s Front for Freedom, to Luzira Prison on charges of misprision of treason, days after his arrest.
Chief Magistrate, Sarah Anne Basemera, read the charge of misprision of treason to Lukwago and his lawyers, led by Medard Lubega Ssegona, at Makindye Court.
It is alleged that he concealed knowledge of a treasonous act without reporting it to authorities.
The prosecution said Lukwago and others still at large are accused of knowing, between 2021 and November 2024, in places including Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda, that Joel Wakayima, Frank Kihehere Atukunda, Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, and Retired Dr Kizza Besigye intended to commit treason.
Prosecutors allege they failed to disclose this information with reasonable speed to the Minister and Administration of ISO, a magistrate, or an officer in charge of a police station, and did not take reasonable steps to prevent the treason.
The defence asked the court to remand Lukwago to a medical facility rather than prison so he can receive proper care under security supervision, which would also allow the prosecution and police surgeon to assess his health while he is treated. She said the court will deliver its ruling on the bail application on Monday.
She then remanded Lukwago to Luzira Upper Prison at Murchison Bay, where the prison hospital is located, taking his medical condition into account.
