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The country declared an Ebola outbreak on January 30 after a 32-year-old nurse died of the disease in the capital.

The winning candidate from the National Unity Platform, Naukoola Luyimbazi, won with 17,764 votes in the heated by-election that also saw journalists covering the polls assaulted and injured by security agencies in the course of their work.

The election held on Thursday saw opposition National Unity Platform candidate Elias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola emerge victorious.

Mugambe was charged under the UK's modern slavery act with conspiring with John Leonard Mugerwa, who was then Uganda's deputy high commissioner, to facilitate the commission of a breach of immigration law.

The debate over hooded security personally intensified following recent incidents where masked operatives were seen violently dispersing opposition supporters during the Kawempe North by-election.

Uganda is battling the Ebola-Sudan strain, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

Kategaya, a pivotal leader in Uganda's National Resistance Movement (NRM), played a crucial role in shaping the country's politics.

Agar revealed that President Museveni had expressed concerns over the Nairobi-based RSF activities and reaffirmed Uganda's support for Sudan's legitimate transitional authorities.

Uganda's 10 confirmed cases have been linked to Ebola's Sudan strain which does not have an approved vaccine.

The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January after the death of a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital Kampala.

Ali was one of his father’s closest sons as well as the LRA’s so-called minister of foreign affairs. He helped thrash out peace deals with other rebel groups and traded ivory with merchants from China and Yemen.

Bobi Wine took to his X account to allege that unidentified armed men in civilian clothing had been patrolling his residence, heightening fears for his safety.

"Yes. A long time ago I had a relationship with Museveni but it has no relevance now. It was a normal relationship with President Museveni," she said.

The magistrate ruled that the three be remanded at Luzira prison and declined a request for private medical attention, citing that the capital nature of the offence restricted her jurisdiction.

Concerns over Besigye’s well-being continue to grow, with his supporters calling for immediate medical intervention and his release.

Health MInister Aceng said 265 contacts remained under "strict quarantine and monitoring" in the capital Kampala, as well as in Jinja and Mbale - two cities in eastern Uganda.

Byanyima learned it was considered a special prison for suspected terrorists.

The organisations have called on the Kenyan government to acknowledge its role in both national and transnational abductions, particularly the forced capture of Besigye and Lutale from Nairobi in November last year.

"How can you be accused of serious crimes and, then, your response is a hunger strike to generate sympathy for getting bail? Why don't you demand a quick trial?" Museveni posed.

Besigye's prosecution by a military court and near three-month incarceration for offences including illegal firearms possession has stoked public anger against the government.

Bobi Wine further intensified fears over Besigye’s health, warning that his condition is deteriorating rapidly.

The advocates alleged that his conduct was not an isolated incident, citing both his refusal to grant a constitutionally urgent hearing to Advocate Eron Kiiza and his participation in human rights abuses as evidence.

The local NTV broadcaster also reported late on Sunday that Besigye had been taken to the health facility and that the area was under "tight security".

Uganda's health ministry said in a statement late on Monday that of the nine confirmed cases one person had died, seven were being treated in a hospital in the capital Kampala and one was in a hospital in the eastern city of Mbale, near the Kenyan border.

The trial, which uses a vaccine provided by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), is seen as a critical step in controlling the outbreak.

The trial will target those at the highest risk of infection, including individuals who have had close contact with confirmed or deceased Ebola patients.

This follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling on January 31, which decreed that civilians should no longer be tried in military courts.

Museveni described the court's decision as wrong and said military prosecutions reinforce the civil courts and had helped in pacifying Karamoja, a region in Uganda's northeast plagued by armed violence.

The ruling will offer relief to a key opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, who has been undergoing trial by the country's general court martial, his lawyer Erias Lukwago said, adding that the defendant would now not appear in court on Monday as originally scheduled.

The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago, as well as with a traditional healer.