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Besigye Charged in Rukungiri Court, Murder Charges Dropped

Samuel Kamugisha COURT, CRIME & INVESTIGATION, NATIONAL, POLITICS, Recommended

Opposition kingpin Dr Kizza Besigye, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat and party chief mobiliser Ingrid Turinawe have Wednesday morning been charged in Rukungiri Magistrate's Court over last week's scuffle with police in which one anti-age limit removal protester was shot dead. The trio were driven to Mbarara Police

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PHOTOS: Besigye, Supporters Overpower Police in Rukungiri Age Limit Protest

Tricia Ishimwe Editor Picks, NATIONAL, POLITICS

Four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye and a big crowd of his supporters have this afternoon overpowered police and moved past a roadblock in an ongoing age limit protest in the area. Wearing the symbolic ‘Togikwatako’ red headbands, Besigye and his supporters have put business in the western Uganda town of

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Besigye: Museveni Regime will Surrender to People Power

Samuel Kamugisha Editor Picks, Main Story, NATIONAL, POLITICS

Four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has told reporters at his home in Kasangati, Wakiso district that sustained pressure from the people will stop three-decade president Yoweri Museveni from extending his rule. “Mr Museveni will go. It may take a while but he will eventually be stopped,” Besigye said Tuesday morning. He

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