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Lukwago charged, remanded to Luzira
Lukwago will re-appear in court on Monday next week to hear his bail application. This was after the state asked for more time to verify medical documents that the defence lawyers led by Medard Sseggona presented before court, showing that Lukwago has medical conditions that require expert medical attention.
Prison authorities escort Erias Lukwago from Makindye Court to Luzira Prison following court proceedings. (Credit: Ponsiano Nsimbi)
By: Michael Odeng, Journalist @New Vision
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Former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been charged with misprision of treason and remanded to Murchison Bay prison in Luzira, Kampala.
Lukwago will re-appear in court on Monday next week to hear his bail application. This was after the state asked for more time to verify medical documents that the defence lawyers led by Medard Sseggona presented before court, showing that Lukwago has medical conditions that require expert medical attention. 
Erias Lukwago remanded to Luzira Prison until Monday. (Photo by Alfred Ochwo)
The Makindye Chief Magistrate, Sarah Basemera, subsequently charged him with misprision of treason before remanding him to Luzira Prison until Monday next week.
Lukwago was earlier in the day dropped at the Kira Division Police Station by security agencies following his arrest at his home in Wakaliga, a Kampala suburb, on Monday.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke confirmed that Lukwago was being held at Kira Division Police station. Lukwago was later driven to Makindye Chief magistrate's court where a charge of misprision of treason was read out for him. He denied committing it.
“I can confirm he was dropped at Kira Division Police Station this morning, where he is detained on charges of misprision of treason,” Rusoke told New Vision.
Sources in security revealed Lukwago was arrested after his name featured among key opposition officials, who allegedly participated in meetings that planned to overthrow the Government.
Lukwago was earlier in the day dropped at the Kira Division Police Station by security agencies following his arrest at his home in Wakaliga, a Kampala suburb, on Monday.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke confirmed that Lukwago was being held at Kira Division Police station. Lukwago was later driven to Makindye Chief magistrate's court where a charge of misprision of treason was read out for him. He denied committing it.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke. (File photo)
“I can confirm he was dropped at Kira Division Police Station this morning, where he is detained on charges of misprision of treason,” Rusoke told New Vision.
Sources in security revealed Lukwago was arrested after his name featured among key opposition officials, who allegedly participated in meetings that planned to overthrow the Government.
His dropping at police came a day after the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said he would release Lukwago to the police.
Lukwago joins his client Dr Kizza Besigye, who faces charges of treason and misprision of treason. Besigye was charged alongside his aide Haji Obeid Lutale and Capt. Denis Oola, a Uganda People's Defence Forces officer attached to the armoured Brigade.
The state outlined its core evidentiary claims in a nine-page indictment filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which relies on several specific pieces of evidence, including alleged subversive meetings and foreign solicitation in Geneva, Switzerland.
The state claims Besigye traveled to Geneva on January 24, 2024, to seek foreign military, financial, and logistical support.
It also claims that Besigye met with a Kurdish intelligence operative named Andrew Wilson. The state alleges Wilson provided $5,000 (sh18.5 million) to fund the logistics of moving 36 Ugandan recruits to Kisumu, Kenya, for military training.
The state alleges that the group held additional meetings to coordinate paramilitary activities and solicit funds across Athens in Greece, Nairobi in Kenya, and Kampala in Uganda.
Lukwago joins his client Dr Kizza Besigye, who faces charges of treason and misprision of treason. Besigye was charged alongside his aide Haji Obeid Lutale and Capt. Denis Oola, a Uganda People's Defence Forces officer attached to the armoured Brigade.
The state outlined its core evidentiary claims in a nine-page indictment filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which relies on several specific pieces of evidence, including alleged subversive meetings and foreign solicitation in Geneva, Switzerland.
The state claims Besigye traveled to Geneva on January 24, 2024, to seek foreign military, financial, and logistical support.
It also claims that Besigye met with a Kurdish intelligence operative named Andrew Wilson. The state alleges Wilson provided $5,000 (sh18.5 million) to fund the logistics of moving 36 Ugandan recruits to Kisumu, Kenya, for military training.
The state alleges that the group held additional meetings to coordinate paramilitary activities and solicit funds across Athens in Greece, Nairobi in Kenya, and Kampala in Uganda.