The Constitutional Court has issued an interim injunction stopping trial of Nakawa Municipality MP Micheal Kabaziguruka before the General Court Martial.
Court ruled that until the final hearing and determination of the main petition he filed challenging military court’s powers to try civilians.
Kabaziguruka, a close aide and relative of opposition honcho Dr Kizza Besigye has been battling treason charges since last year.
Presiding Justice Remmy Kasule ordered suspension of the trial, which was scheduled to resume yesterday before the Court Martial Chaired by Lt Gen Andrew Gutti; who in turn suspended it until January 31, 2017.
The order was issued in the presence of Jane Francis Nafuma who represented the Attorney General and Medard Ssegona, MP Kabaziguruka’s advocate.
Kabaziguruka is indicted with treason and offences relating to security in which the prosecution alleges he connived with serving officers to contrive a plot to overthrow the Government of Uganda between February and June last year.
The FDC legislator before been granted bail by High Court’s Judge Yasin Nyanzi in October last year, had spent several months on remand at Kigo prison.
