Uganda, Oct. 6 -- The Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed the nine-year old petition in which Dr Kizza Besigye was challenging the offence of terrorism under the Penal Code Act as being unconstitutional.
When the five justices of the court called the petition for the hearing yesterday, neither Dr Besigye nor his legal team were in court to prosecute it. No reason was given for their absence either.
"When this petition was called for hearing, the petitioner (Dr Besigye) or his legal representation were not in court. Evidence of service on him has been showed. We agree with the request of the counsel for Attorney General and this petition is dismissed for non-appearance with no order to costs," Justice Fredrick Egonda-Ntende ruled as h...