Uganda’s Besigye cleared of rape
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been found not guilty of rape by a court in the capital, Kampala. The judge said the prosecution had been “crude and amateurish”. Dr Besigye has always said the charges against him were politically motivated.
He still faces treason charges in the high court, and the army is pursuing him on terrorism and weapons charges.
Dr Besigye’s lawyers have lodged a legal challenge to his recent election defeat to President Yoweri Museveni.
A higher court ruled the army had no jurisdiction to try a civilian on terror and weapons charges, but the state is appealing against that case, although in a slight u-turn, the prosecutor at the court martial has told the press that Dr Besigye has not been summoned.
Source: BBC.
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