Opposition Leader Cleared in Rape Case
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From Times Wire Reports
Uganda’s High Court cleared opposition leader Kizza Besigye of rape charges, saying the prosecution failed dismally to prove its case.
Besigye and his lawyers had argued that the government fabricated the charge in an attempt to keep him from challenging President Yoweri Museveni in February’s election.
Museveni, who has held power for more than 20 years, won a new term, and Besigye’s Forum for Democratic Change has pledged to challenge the result in court.
Besigye was charged in November with raping a family friend in 1997.
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