He is not a soldier. Why is he being held in a military jail?" Born Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe, Besigye is a trained physician who was the personal doctor of now-President Yoweri Museveni when ...

The ruling came after a military prosecutor on Monday amended Besigye’s charge sheet to include treachery. Besigye is charged alongside Obeid Lutale, and a third suspect, a serving army officer ...

A Ugandan military court has charged prominent opposition leader Kizza Besigye with treachery, a crime that carries the death penalty. The move escalates the legal challenges Besigye faces after ...

The Uganda Prisons Service has refuted claims that unknown intruders attempted to access four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye’s cell at Luzira Upper Prison.Besigye, who is also a founder ...

A group of youth from Makerere University staged a demonstration to express their displeasure with the arrest of Dr Kizza Besigye's lawyer, Eron Kiiza, who was sentenced to nine months in prison ...

One of the lawyers of veteran Opposition politician, Dr Kizza Besigye, has been arrested at the General Court Martial where he had gone to represent the four-time presidential contender and his ...

A Ugandan military court has ruled that opposition leader Kizza Besigye can face trial on treachery charges, a crime punishable by death. Besigye, a four-time presidential contender, was arrested ...

Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye will stand trial on the serious charge of treachery, a military court has ruled (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP) A prominent ...

A Ugandan military court has ruled that prominent opposition figure Kizza Besigye can be tried on the charge of treachery, for which he could face the death penalty if convicted. The ruling on ...

Dr Kizza Besigye is facing charges of treachery in connection with his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the government. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the ...