The High Court has ordered for the release of Eron Kiiza’s passport, to enable the activist lawyer travel abroad for medical treatment.
The ruling stems from Miscellaneous Application No. 0443 of 2025, arising from earlier criminal proceedings.
In January 2025, Kiiza, was convicted of contempt of court by the General Court Martial and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. He successfully appealed against the ruling in the High Court and was granted bail.
One of the conditions of Kiiza’s bail was for him to deposit his passport (No. AA00541257) with the court.
However, recently, Kiiza sought to travel to Costa Rica for medical treatment citing inconvenience caused by using a temporary travel document within East Africa.
His lawyers argued that retaining his passport violated his constitutional right to travel under Article 29(2) of the Constitution and his property rights under Article 26(2).
But the state opposed the application citing Kiiza as a flight risk and questioning the lack of medical evidence.
Justice David Matovu ruled that the original bail order allowed Kiiza to apply for his passport without specific conditions, dismissing the respondent’s concerns about flight risk, as Kiiza had returned from a prior trip to Nairobi.
The court ordered the immediate release of the passport for travel, with the condition that it be returned upon Kiiza’s return to Uganda.
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