Kizza Besigye, Obeid Lutale sue Kenya again for extradition to Uganda

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Ugandan veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale in the dock on April 11, 2025. The two face charges of treason.

Photo credit: Ibrahim Kavuma | Daily Monitor

Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and his political aide Obeid Lutale have sued the Kenyan government, challenging their arrest and extradition from Kenya to Uganda last November, describing the actions as “illegal” and “a violation of Kenya’s territorial integrity.”

The pair jointly filed the suit before Kenya’s High Court, seeking several declarations that their extradition “did not meet the strict requirements” of Kenya’s Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Act Cap. 77.