A Kampala court threw out Don Nasser's lawsuit about being kidnapped from Kenya. The businessman wanted judges to say security forces grabbed him illegally and hurt him. Justice Andrew Bashaija ruled the court cannot handle cases about things that happened outside Uganda. The judge said the alleged crimes took place on foreign ground. He told Nasser to take his complaints to Kenyan courts instead.
Nasser claimed armed men snatched him from a Nairobi apartment last September. He said they blindfolded him and kept him locked up for three days. The businessman accused officials of torturing him before bringing him to Uganda without proper legal steps. He wanted the court to stop his criminal trial and pay him 50 million shillings. His lawyers argued the whole case against him should be thrown out.
Government lawyers fought back hard against these claims. They said Nasser was never kidnapped from Kenya at all. Officials insisted they arrested him at the Malaba border crossing on Ugandan soil. They showed immigration records proving he never officially left the country. The state also denied torturing him and said doctors found no injuries.
The court refused to decide whether torture actually happened. Bashaija said any such violations would need to be handled by Kenyan judges. He explained that Ugandan courts can only deal with crimes that happen within the country's borders. The ruling means Nasser's criminal case for child trafficking charges will continue as planned.
Nasser claimed armed men snatched him from a Nairobi apartment last September. He said they blindfolded him and kept him locked up for three days. The businessman accused officials of torturing him before bringing him to Uganda without proper legal steps. He wanted the court to stop his criminal trial and pay him 50 million shillings. His lawyers argued the whole case against him should be thrown out.
Government lawyers fought back hard against these claims. They said Nasser was never kidnapped from Kenya at all. Officials insisted they arrested him at the Malaba border crossing on Ugandan soil. They showed immigration records proving he never officially left the country. The state also denied torturing him and said doctors found no injuries.
The court refused to decide whether torture actually happened. Bashaija said any such violations would need to be handled by Kenyan judges. He explained that Ugandan courts can only deal with crimes that happen within the country's borders. The ruling means Nasser's criminal case for child trafficking charges will continue as planned.
