Other Arms of State Must Probe BoU Issue.

(From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM)

Forum for Democratic Change leader, Dr Kizza Besigye, intends to drag President Yoweri Museveni to court for allegedly breaching the independence of the Bank of Uganda. Museveni, according to Besigye violated Article 162 (2) of the Constitution when he directed BoU to bail businessman Hassan Bassajjabalaba out of severe financial difficulties.

Besigye must be aware that a sitting President cannot be dragged to court because the same Constitution he has breached insulates him for as long as he is still in power. But Besigye is also raising an important point when, with evidence, he points at anomalies in the management of …