Lukwago dropped at Kira Division police station, faces misprision of treason charges
“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.
Lukwago's dropping at police comes a day after the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said he would release Lukwago to the police.
KAMPALA - The military has today (June 17, 2026) dropped former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago at the Kira Division Police Station by security agencies following his arrest from his home in Wakaliga, a Kampala suburb, on Monday.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke confirmed that Lukwago was being held at Kira Division Police station.
“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.
Lukwago's wife and son at Kira Road Police. (Credit: Ponsiano Nsimbi)
His dropping at police comes a day after the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said he would release Lukwago to the police.
If charged, Lukwago will be joining 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.
Kira Road Police Division where Lukwaga id currently held. (Credit: Ponsiano Nsimbi)
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 evidence, including alleged subversive meetings and foreign solicitation in Geneva, Switzerland.
The state claims Besigye travelled to Geneva on January 24, 2024, to seek foreign military, financial, and logistical support.
Former Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura at Kira Road Police Division where her former boss is being held. (Credit: Ponsiano Nsimbi)
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.