Uganda Governance Monitor
Uganda Governance Monitor
Justice Simon Peter Kinobe of the High Court in Kampala dismissed a habeas corpus application for Kenyan nationals Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi, ruling that they could not be shown to be in state custody and should be treated as missing persons. The UPDF, the Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security and the police told the court the two were not held in their facilities. Human rights lawyer Chikumu Muhindo called the ruling a bad precedent.
Disputed: According to the article, the two were arrested by security operatives, but the UPDF, CDIS and police told the court they were not in their custody.