NUP supporters lose bid to block trial in Army court
March 16, 2021 Some of the NUP supporters arrive at the army court
The High court has dismissed an application filed by 49 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters, seeking to block their trial in the Army General Court Martial over illegal possession of ammunition.
Lady justice Esta Nambayo dismissed the application tody Tuesday on grounds that it lacks merit, saying the process leading to the arrest of the applicants and their subsequent prosecution in the military court was lawful.
Key among the applicants are music artist and NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi s best friend Ali Bukeni alias Nubian Li, Kyagulanyi s head of security Edward Ssebufu alias Eddie Mutwe among others. They were arrested on December 30, 2020, on their way to Kalangala district where Kyagulanyi was scheduled to holding his campaigns.
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March 6, 2021 Some of the NUP supporters arrive at the army court
The High court has declined to hear the bail application for 36 supporters National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters who are battling charges of illegal possession of military stores in the Army General Court Martial.
The suspects are; Ali Bukeni alias Nubian Li, Edward Ssebuufu alias Eddie Mutwe, Hassan Ssemakula alias Abdul Souldier, Kenny Kyalimpa, Mudde Ntambi, William Nyanzi alias Mbogo, Lukeman Mwijukye alias Kampala, Muhammad Nsubuga alias Eddoboozi, Adam Matovu, Shakirah Nambozo alias Sukie, Ibrahim Tamale, Muzafuru Mwanje alias Main Gate alias Muwa, Ismail Nyanzi Kaddu, Achileo Kivumbi, Joseph Onzima alias Tawa, Anthony Agaba alias Bobi Young and Robert Kivumbi alias Mighty Family.
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National Unity Platfrom (NUP) party members and private bodyguards of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, in an army truck at the court martial for the hearing of their bail application on 8 February, 2021. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE
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Poll result. On January 16, Justice Byabakama declared President Museveni winner of the presidential polls with 58 per cent of the total 9.9 million votes casts while Mr Kyagulanyi, who had been placed under house arrest after the vote, came in second place with 35 per cent.
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January 9, 2021 was the first birthday for Sankara Ali, the son of Bukeni Ali, alias Nubian Li, a long-time associate of musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi. The day went like any other amid a dark cloud of anxiety hoovering over the country, four days to the presidential polls, with heavy deployment of commando units previously fighting al-Shabab militias in Somalia and ADF rebels in n
The stark fact is that the National Resistance Movement regime headed by President Yoweri Museveni uses the military as its pillar of strength whenever politically pressed: whether it’s disorder on the floor of parliament, such as during the debate to remove the presidential age limit, or civil action on the street, the army jumps into the fray. In this scheme of things, martial law seems to have taken centre stage and the military court is increasingly drawn upon to settle political disputes by framing charges which, to the less discerning eye, appear to plausibly fall within the jurisdiction of the military courts.
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