The leader of National Unity Platform(NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has said that he is at advance stage to ensure that his cases are heard by international courts and tribunals.
The remarks come shortly after he had travelled to attend court in Mbale, where he is suing the Attorney General, the RPC, DPC and other security officers for blocking him from accessing a radio station in Mbale and using excessive force against his supporters.
According to Bobi Wine, the Magistrate declined to hear the matter and adjourned it although he didn’t give a clear reasons for the magistrate’s failure to hear the case.
“In a very unfortunate twist of events, the Magistrate declined to hear the matter and adjourned it sine die, ostensibly until the covid19 situation normalises. We objected to this because firstly, this is a human rights case which must be heard and determined expeditiously,” Kyagulanyi said.
“Secondly,the same court has been having hearings with even more people in there. In fact, only 10 minutes later, in the same courtroom, another matter came up and the Magistrate heard it in the same chambers with the same number of people present,”he added.
He said that he is going to invoke some administrative remedies to see that justice is served in this case.
“But President Museveni and his men must always be reminded that Ugandan courts are not the alpha and omega. That is why we are in advanced stages of ensuring that these cases are also heard by international courts and tribunals,” Kyagulanyi noted.
He said the police deployed heavily and briefly prevented them from accessing court for several hours until the people gathered in multitudes.
” As soon as a few of us were let in, teargas and live bullets were yet again fired to disperse the people ,others were severely injuries,” he claimed.
