What on earth are the magistrates thinking?

The past few weeks have brought their own share of political drama and instability. On Monday, opposition leader Kizza Besigye attempted for a third time in a fortnight to walk to work in a symbolic protest against the spike in fuel and other commodity prices.

We were witnesses yet again to another violent show of brutality as the police arrested Besigye, other opposition leaders and a legion of their supporters. Yet again, those arrested were arraigned before court, charged with various

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