The treason case against Dr Kizza Besigye was adjourned to March 12 after the court directed the prosecution to complete disclosure of its evidence to the defence.
Justice Emmanuel Baguma said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) must file full disclosure by March 3 before the matter can proceed.
“I have heard that the prosecution has done partial disclosure, which has become a challenge in proceeding with this matter. I direct the prosecution to handle full disclosure on March 3, then the court will resume on the 12th of the same month,” Baguma told a packed courtroom at the Judiciary headquarters in Kampala.
The session, which had been scheduled to handle the hearing timetable, quickly turned into a contest over whether the state had complied with earlier court orders on disclosure.
Defence lawyers, led by Martha Karua, accused the prosecution of violating timelines set by the court and attempting to proceed with incomplete evidence.
Karua told the court that the defence could not continue under what she described as unfair conditions, citing partial disclosure and raising concerns about her client’s health.
“There is no way we can proceed with this matter when disclosure is incomplete,” she argued.
Erias Lukwago, also appearing for Besigye, said the state had failed to comply with specific timelines earlier issued by the court.
He noted that proceedings had previously been directed to resume on January 21, 2026, but the prosecution had not met the required standards of disclosure.
Lukwago argued that transcripts supplied by the state were insufficient without accompanying video recordings and electronic storage devices such as flash disks.
“The transcription of evidence should be accompanied by video recordings. That is not the case at the moment,” he submitted.
Eron Kiiza, another member of the defence team, accused the DPP team led by Thomas Jatiko of failing to properly prepare the case and urged it to do the needful before the hearing can begin.
In response, Jatiko told the court that the prosecution was in possession of all the required evidence to support the proceedings.
He said the matter had been before court since December 30, 2025 and that the state intended to make partial disclosure to allow the case to move forward.
