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“If you continue treating us like this, we will stop coming to court,” opposition leader Kizza Besigye told Justice Emmanuel Baguma during court proceedings Yesterday - Thursday, 12th of March.
The remark came after the judge ruled that the court would first hear the state’s application seeking protection for its witnesses before addressing complaints from the defence about the late filing and service of documents.
Defence lawyers protested the decision, arguing that several legal teams had not been served with the documents at all. Kampala outgoing Lord Mayor and defence lawyer Erias Lukwago told court that his chambers only received the documents at around 6:30pm the previous evening.
However Besigye and his co-accused have been in and out of court for over a year and a half, with repeated adjournments and procedural disagreements slowing the trial. Court sessions have at times slowed down over issues such as disclosure of evidence and legal objections raised by the defence.
The opposition figure, alongside his colleague Hajj Obeid Lutale, face treason-related charges that were later transferred to the High Court of Uganda after questions about jurisdiction in lower courts. Nearly a year and a half into the proceedings, a final verdict is yet to be delivered.
The remark came after the judge ruled that the court would first hear the state’s application seeking protection for its witnesses before addressing complaints from the defence about the late filing and service of documents.
Defence lawyers protested the decision, arguing that several legal teams had not been served with the documents at all. Kampala outgoing Lord Mayor and defence lawyer Erias Lukwago told court that his chambers only received the documents at around 6:30pm the previous evening.
However Besigye and his co-accused have been in and out of court for over a year and a half, with repeated adjournments and procedural disagreements slowing the trial. Court sessions have at times slowed down over issues such as disclosure of evidence and legal objections raised by the defence.
The opposition figure, alongside his colleague Hajj Obeid Lutale, face treason-related charges that were later transferred to the High Court of Uganda after questions about jurisdiction in lower courts. Nearly a year and a half into the proceedings, a final verdict is yet to be delivered.
