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The suspects were picked up from a shrine on Saturday evening. They were reportedly found in possession of 70 machetes, 40 knives and a map of the proposed Yiira Republic among other items. The suspects are currently locked up at Kanyamwirima army barracks in Bundibugyo district.

In 2010 the facility was constructed at a cost of 8 billion shillings but has never been put to use.

The two were on Thursday detained at Nagalama Police Station after they were arrested from their respective homes. However, at around midnight they were released on police bond and driven back to their respective homes.

The night of his arrest, the suspect is said to have become aggressive and poured a bucket of fecal matter on his cell-mates.

The confusion surrounding Kwoyelo’s freedom status begun last Friday when after a court ruling ceasing his prosecution, he was instead handcuffed and whisked away in a prisons car to Luzira prison where he has remained on remand despite the ruling.