Ugandan author Kakwenza flees into exile: lawyer

Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

Ugandan award-winning novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. PHOTO | COURTESY

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija who was charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son has fled the country out of fear for his life, his lawyer said Wednesday. 

"He has left Uganda," Eron Kiiza, the lawyer for Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, told AFP, adding that the 33-year-old was seeking medical treatment abroad for injuries inflicted during his time in jail.