KAMPALA– Lawyers representing Rtd Col Dr. Kiiza Besigye and his political aide Hajji Obeid Lutale have asked the high court in Kampala to immediately grant bail to their clients on grounds that they have clocked approximately 263 days in prison without trial over the charges of treason.
The lawyers revealed this while making their oral submissions for an order of mandatory bail to their clients.
Fredrick Mpanga, Erias Lukwago, Martha Karua and Eron Kiiza informed court that the constitution bars incarceration of criminal suspects for over 180 days without trial and hence asked court to grant their clients bail on conditions deemed necessary.
Meanwhile security is still beefed up inside and outside the high court premises as a team of lawyers argue the mandatory bail application before the high court judge Emmanuel Baguma
Besigye and Lutale have been on remand since November last year on charges of treason they allegedly committed in countries of Kenya, Greece and Switzerland between 2023 and November last year.
