3/8/2026
Police arrested Dr Moses Mukose after accusing him of loitering near the heavily guarded Mulago ward where Dr Kizza Besigye is admitted.
A doctor was arrested over the weekend after police accused him of attempting to access the heavily guarded ward where detained opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye is receiving treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Dr Moses Mukose was arrested on Saturday, August 1, after visiting the sixth floor of the hospital, where Besigye has been admitted since collapsing in court last week.
Lawyer Eron Kiiza, who first publicised the incident, said police detained Mukose at Mulago Police Station on allegations of “disobeying lawful orders.”
Kiiza said Mukose had gone to the sixth floor to check on his father-in-law, who is admitted on the same floor as Besigye.
“I spoke to Dr Mukose this morning. He said he had simply finished checking on his father-in-law, who is a patient on the same floor as Kizza Besigye,” Kiiza said
He alleged that security personnel approached Mukose shortly afterwards and accused him of being sent by People’s Front for Freedom (PPF) member Ingrid Turinawe to spy on security officers guarding Besigye.
It appears no one is permitted to move freely or be near that floor,” Kiiza added.
Turinawe, a longtime ally of Besigye, dismissed the allegations, questioning why a doctor and friend would be prevented from checking on a patient he knows.
What exactly are they doing to Kizza Besigye to the extent that they are scared of my spies?” she wrote on X.
Dr Mukose is a colleague and a friend to KB. What stops him from checking on a patient he knows?”
Mukose was released on police bond on Sunday.
