Kyotera MP-elect arraigned in court for defying covid-19 rules last year
Friday April 16 2021
Summary
Prosecution states that the two rallies were attended by more people than the 200 recommended by the Ministry of Health to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
Mr Mpalanyi told this reporter that the cases against him are staged by his political opponents who lost in the January elections.
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Kyotera MP-elect John Paul Lukwago Mpalanyi was Thursday charged with doing acts likely to spread an infectious disease (Covid-19), which offences the state claims were committed in October and December 2020.
Mr Mpalanyi who contested on a Democratic Party (DP) ticket ousted the State Minister for Microfinance, Mr Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo in the January 2021 parliamentary elections.