US EditionSupporters of jailed Ugandan opposition figure pray for him after president tries to stop it
Supporters prayed for Kizza Besigye’s release amid concerns over his health and a year-long delay in his treason trial, highlighting political tensions in Uganda.
- Hundreds stayed inside Lubaga Cathedral on Monday to pray for detained opposition figure Kizza Besigye, led by Winnie Byanyima, after the Mass was halted.
- Pius Male said the archdiocese postponed the Mass after the president requested an investigation into political intent, and the presidency did not respond to requests for comment.
- Supporters note Kizza Besigye has been repeatedly denied bail and is 69, after being presented before a military tribunal and later transferred to civilian court for treason.
- President Yoweri Museveni has said Besigye must answer for `the very serious offenses he is alleged to have been planning` and called for `a quick trial so that facts come out`, while the presidency did not respond to requests for comment.
- Besigye once was a trusted ally who later broke with Museveni, and last month's election saw Museveni declared the winner with over 71% of the vote, serving a seventh term.
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Supporters of jailed Ugandan opposition figure pray for him after president tries to stop it
Supporters of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye have held a prayer service in a Catholic cathedral to press for his release.
Ugandan president blocks church mass for jailed opposition leader
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni blocked a church mass scheduled to honour opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been jailed since 2024 facing treason charges, Besigye’s wife told AFP on Monday. Besigye was abducted by armed men in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in November 2024 and reappeared a few days later at a military court in Uganda. “I was called… by the Archbishop his grace Paul Ssemogerere and he told me that he had received a call …
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The recent controversy surrounding the postponed Holy Mass at Rubaga Cathedral has ignited passionate debate across Uganda’s political and religious landscape. What was intended as a prayer service for detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye and other political prisoners instead became a flashpoint in the country’s ongoing tensions between faith and power. At the center of the storm stands Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere, portrayed in some quarters…
Museveni Blocks Catholic Mass for Jailed Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye » The Hoima Post
Hundreds of supporters of detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye held a defiant prayer service inside a Catholic cathedral on Monday, pressing authorities to free him after more than a year without trial on treason charges, as concerns mount over his failing health. The service at Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala was meant to be a holy mass presided over by the Archbishop of Kampala, Paul Ssemogerere. Instead, attendees arrived to find the …
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