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TEHRAN, September 01 -Prominent Ugandan opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, who was charged with treason and temporarily detained, has left for the United States to seek medical treatment, his lawyer said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Prominent Ugandan opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, who was charged with treason and temporarily detained, has left for the United States to seek medical treatment, his lawyer said.
Kyagulanyi, a popular musician known by his stage name Bobi Wine, was elected last year and has amassed a large following among youth electrified by his scathing criticism of President Yoweri Museveni, sometimes delivered in his songs.
“He is headed to Boston right now,” his lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, told Reuters on Saturday, adding that Kyagulanyi was also expected to travel to Washington D.C. during his stay.
Kyagulanyi, who has emerged as formidable threat to the president who has been in power for 32 years, was charged with treason over his alleged role in the stoning of Museveni’s in August. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The lawmaker has said he was beaten up and tortured while in detention. Police say they are investigating this allegation.
Protests had erupted in the Ugandan capital on Friday after police detained Kyagulanyi at the international airport during a previous attempt to travel abroad for medical care.
Nicholas Opiyo, another lawyer for Kyagulanyi, had said overnight on Twitter that the lawmaker was “on a KLM flight out of Entebbe Airport.”
Source: Reuters
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