A Ugandan lawyer, Eron Kiiza, known for political and treason cases, has been charged with a related offence, raising serious questions about judicial weaponisation as a threat vector. The British High Commission is monitoring the case, but strategic complacency would be dangerous. This pattern is consistent with hostile state actors neutralising legal opposition to consolidate power.
The regime in Kampala has a record of using treason charges for political control, and this escalation may represent a strategic pivot targeting legal professionals to cripple defence networks. If London fails to upgrade its response beyond diplomatic monitoring, we risk creating a legal vacuum exploited by adversaries. The hardware of justice is being dismantled: prosecutors, evidence protocols, and international oversight.
The question is whether this is a single play or a coordinated campaign against rule of law infrastructure.
