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KAMPALA — Dr. Kizza Besigye, Uganda’s veteran opposition figure, has now spent 432 consecutive days in detention without conviction, as concerns mount over his deteriorating health and the prolonged pretrial confinement that rights advocates say violates fundamental due process protections. Besigye was seized in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 16, 2024, in what the Commonwealth Secretary-General later described as an “extraterritorial …

By Amos Tayebwa Mbarara As Uganda celebrates 63 years of independence, Rushenyi County Member of Parliament, Hon. Naome Kabasharira, has called on the government to intensify efforts in infrastructure development to address key service delivery gaps. In her Independence Day message to the people of Rushenyi and the nation at large, Kabasharira acknowledged the progress Uganda has made since gaining …