Shock As Ugandan Justices Deny Peoples President Dr Besigye Justice
By Keefa Nuwahereza
Justices of the Constitutional Court on Thursday shocked the nation when they told opposition strongman and Forum for Democratic Change's Dr. Kizza Besigye to go seek justice elsewhere, because of swearing himself in as a president of the country, and thereafter seeking justice in the courts that he believed were not legitimate.
The justices said it was hypocritical for Besigye who lost the 2016 elections and swore himself in as the elected president of Uganda to go to the same courts which are part of the legitimately constituted government led by President Yoweri Museveni.
Justice Kenneth Kakuru noted that; "By swearing himself as president and appointing his own national assembly, Besigye was acting in contempt of the Supreme Court that had declared that...