High Court dismisses Besigye and Lutale bail application for want of prosecution

According to ChimpReports, Justice Emmanuel Baguma of the High Court dismissed the joint bail application of Dr Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutale after the two declined to proceed without two of their lead lawyers. The judge held that the application had been filed by 13 law firms and called the refusal to proceed an abuse of court process; the ruling keeps the two men on remand, where the outlet says they have spent about 20 months.