Besigye recently declared that after contesting for the presidency four times without success, he had given up on his PLAN-A which involved changing the regime through elections, and moved on to Plan B. However, he did not divulge details on the said plan, leaving Ugandans speculating on his next course of action.
During the mass, the Chancellor for Kampala Archdiocese Father Joseph Ssebunya asked the government to be concerned and take care of the people who have been reported to be in dire need of treatment. He added that the suspects should be set free if the government cannot provide medical services to them.
The Mbarara grade one magistrates court presided over by Sanyu Mukasa has today further adjourned the case in which FDC party leaders are accused of inciting violence and assaulting police officers.
The celebration was due to be held at Koloin Primary School, Kapir Sub County in Ngora district. It was expected that Dr Kiiza Besigye, a former presidential candidate would preside over the event and later hold rallies in selected districts within the region.
Dr Kizza Besigye is attending in his capacity as the vice chairman of International Democratic Union IDU, a global association of centre-right political parties from 56 countries worldwide.
Citing numerous attempts calls for dialogue; Besigye says he will not be party to talks called by Museveni, stating that an independent person must be trustworthy and credible and should look at a mechanism to implement solutions.
Besigye, while briefing journalists on his recent visit to the United States of America and United Kingdom, says he met with Ugandans in London, who poured their frustrations on the systems of governance, where investors have to have links with powerful people in government for them to be given a green light to invest.
Besigye, who returned into the country on Monday morning after a months trip to the United States and the United Kingdom, was arrested by security officers, shortly after he disembarked from a Kenya Airways flight.
Nakawa Chief Magistrate James Ereemye visited former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye in prison after his continuous pleas to the court that his rights were being violated.
Wilfred Niwagaba, the Shadow Attorney General accused police of turning into a rogue force and asked parliament to amend the Police Act to guide the operations of the force
Speaking to journalists shortly before the tour, Eremye said the visit is to brace the judiciary with the concerns which affect the prisons service. He says the DCC had made earlier plans to visit the detention center as part of its circuit.
Sources that attended a meeting by the Inter Party Organization of Dialogue -IPOD indicated that opposition leaders used the meeting to demand for the unconditional release of Dr Kizza Besigye, who is currently on remand at Luzira Prison on treason charges and Nakawa division MP Michael Kabaziguruka, now detained in Kigo.
A number of youth carrying placards calling for Besigyes release sauntered to Kasangati court as he was arraigned to answer charges of disobeying lawful orders this morning. The crowds however started swelling moments later, staging a series of demonstrations in the area.
Information and National Guidance Minister, General Jim Muhwezi, says any media house that violates the ban on covering the defiance campaign risks losing its license.
Dr. Besigye told voters in Budaka Taxi Park this afternoon that he doesnt just want to hear about the agendas of his rivals but he wants to face them articulate what they have for Ugandans.
Presidential candidate, Dr. Kizza Besigye says what transpired in the primaries of the ruling National Resistance Movement is spilling over to national elections.
