Ugandan novelist Kakwenza badly tortured: lawyer

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was also held and allegedly tortured last year after writing The Greedy Barbarian, a novel about high-level corruption. FILE PHOTO | DAILY MONITOR | NMG 

The lawyer of Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has said his client was tortured while in a week-long detention to an extent that he is urinating blood. 

Mr Eron Kiiza said Mr Rukirabashaija’s legs are swollen and his clothes are blood stained.