The Court also advised the state to reinstate the case if it is ready to prosecute the accused persons. Accordingly, all accused persons set free unless held on other lawful charges.
Kalali contests Section 115 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalizes indecent assaults and insulting the modesty of a woman or girl, punishable by 14 years or 1-year imprisonment, respectively.
Burora faces six counts of hate speech and spreading malicious information against the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among. The prosecution alleges that between March and June 2024, Burora used his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Harder HB, to post defamatory content labeling the Speaker as a torturer, murderer, kidnapper, and corrupt.
The case was scheduled for hearing on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi. However, in his absence, Grade One Magistrate Jalia Basajjabalaba presided over the session and adjourned the matter to December 9, 2024, citing the Chief Magistrate’s indisposition.
The court heard that between January 2021 and December 2022, Mugisha failed to remit social contributions and statutory penalties amounting to over 264 million shillings to the NSSF.
The prosecution alleges that on September 2, 2024, at Parliamentary Avenue, Kobusingye, Kyenzibo, and Apoloje, along with others still at large, staged a protest in the middle of the road while partially undressed and with messages written on their bodies.
