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Allan Ssewanyana, the Makindye West, and his Kawempe North counterpart, Muhammad Ssegirinya have finally secured bail.

13 February, 2023
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Allan Ssewanyana, the Makindye West, and his Kawempe North counterpart, Muhammad Ssegirinya have finally secured bail. 

 


Masaka High Court Resident Judge, Lawrence Tweyanze granted the two legislators temporary freedom on Monday afternoon.

 

The two have spent nearly 16 months on remand on a spiral of charges including attempted murder, murder, and terrorism following their arrest on September 7th, 2021. The suspects, who attended court via video link from Kigo prisons applied for bail through their lawyers Caleb Alaka, Medard Ssegona, and Elias Lukwago on grounds of ill health.


Before the ruling, Richard Birivumbuka, the Masaka Resident Chief State Attorney on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP asked to withdraw their affidavits that sought to challenge the legislator's earlier bail applications. In his ruling, Lawrence Tweyanze granted the accused persons cash bail of Shillings 20 million each.

Justice Tweyanze ordered the MPs to report to the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala once every month. 

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