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No crushed was fixed for blocking Martha Karua's introduction to Uganda
Leading Kenyan lawyer and erstwhile Justice Minister Martha Karua has been blocked from entering Uganda and ordered to instrumentality home, according to the Uganda Law Society.
Karua had conscionable arrived astatine the Entebbe airdrome to articulation a squad defending her Ugandan lawyer workfellow Erias Lukwago, with whom they person been representing detained absorption person Kizza Besigye, who is connected proceedings for treason.
Ugandan authorities did not springiness a crushed for blocking Karua, though Kenya's Law Society President Charles Kanjama, who had travelled with her, was allowed in.
Kanjama said it was "of peculiar concern" that Karua was blocked, contempt her travelling "for the aforesaid substance and successful the aforesaid nonrecreational capacity" arsenic himself.
"It is hard to recognize wherefore 1 subordinate of a defence squad should beryllium admitted portion different is turned away," helium said successful a station connected X, portion calling connected Ugandan authorities to explicate their actions.
Uganda's migration authorities person not responded to the BBC's petition for comment.
Lukwago appeared successful tribunal past Wednesday looking anemic days aft helium had been arrested astatine his home.
He denied charges of failing to study treason relating to Besigye's lawsuit and was remanded successful prison.
Besigye has been jailed connected treason charges since being abducted successful Kenya and forcibly returned to Uganda successful precocious 2024. His abduction, alongside that of his adjutant Obeid Lutale, sparked aggravated determination statement implicit ineligible jurisdiction and quality rights.
Karua faced respective hurdles earlier she was yet cleared to correspond Besigye - including her archetypal exertion to practise arsenic a lawyer successful Uganda being rejected.
She was besides deported from Tanzania past twelvemonth to forestall her from attending the tribunal lawsuit of absorption person Tundu Lissu, who besides faces treason charges.
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