| RUKUNGIRI
The wife to jailed Rukungiri District Speaker Mr George Owakukiroru has appealed to the international community to intervene in her husband's case who has been on remand on treason charges since December 2004.
Owakukiroru is also the Chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change in Rukungiri district.
Ms Gertrude Owakukiroru has taken her case to the International Committee of Red Cross and international human right groups.
In a letter dated August 24 addressed to the two international organisations, Gertrude says her husband's right finger was injured in an accident in 2004 and it has continued to deteriorate while in prison.
"It is unfortunate that after eight months the government has not brought any credible evidence to incriminate my husband bearing in mind that he was arrested on his way to hospital in Nairobi where he had been referred to by a surgeon at Mulago Hospital," the letter reads.
Mr Owakukiroru was arrested by military intellige
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personnel on December 14 in Busia near the Kenya border while travelling to Nairobi. He was arrested together with his brother Mr Peter Atwongyeire.
Both are in Luzira prison on treason charges.
Owakukirorus finger has been operated on four times, the latest being on August 23 at at Mulago Hospital. Relatives say he cannot get proper treatment while in prison.
He was charged with several other FDC members who include Capt. James Katabazi, Darius Tweyambe, Joseph Musasizi Saasi and Jackson Jurua among others.
They were arrested from diverse places in Kampala and West Nile in November last year for allegedly supporting the Peoples Redemption Army rebel group, which the governmenty alleges is led by exiled Col. Dr Kizza Besigye. | 
