By press time Monday, it was not clear when the Ugandan court would convene to hear the application for habeas corpus, although the Constitution demands that matters of human rights should be fast-tracked.
Lawyers of two Kenyan activists reportedly arrested by armed men in Uganda last week have petitioned the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala to hear their case seeking to have them freed.
Reports say Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were whisked away by security officials shortly after they attended a political campaign rally of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine. Wine heads Uganda’s largest opposition party, the National Unity Platform (NUP).
