The Makindye Magistrate’s Court has remanded Erias Lukwago, the former Lord Mayor of Kampala, 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 says 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 team, led by Medard Lubega Ssegona, Samuel Muyizi, and Mathias Mpuuga, submitted Lukwago’s bail application, medical forms showing he requires proper medication, and documents for his sureties.
The prosecution asked for time to verify the sureties’ documents within one week.
The sureties are Betty Aol Ocan, the Gulu City Woman MP and Deputy President of PFF Northern Uganda, Dr Lulume Bayiga, the former MP for Buikwe South who also doubles as the Deputy President of PFF, and Hon Betty Nambooze Bakireke, current MP for Mukono Municipality.
But Basemera, the Chief Magistrate, ruled that the state has two days to file its response electronically. She says the court will deliver its ruling on the bail application on Monday.
By URN
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