Daily Monitor
Thursday January 21 2021
Some of the suspects who were arrested in Nsangi Town, Wakiso District, appear at Nsangi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. PHOTO | EPHRAIM KASOZI
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The group was arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court in Nsangi on Tuesday and they denied accusations of causing obstruction on the road and malicious damage of property.
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A total of 60 people, who were arrested in Nsangi Town, Wakiso District, have been remanded over charges of rioting after receiving fake news that Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake had been shot dead by security personnel.
The group was arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court in Nsangi on Tuesday and they denied accusations of causing obstruction on the road and malicious damage of property.
Daily Monitor
Monday January 18 2021
Mityana MP Francis Zaake at Rubaga hospital yesterday, where he is currently admitted. Fake news that circulated over his alleged death triggered riots in Nsangi, near Kampala. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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KAMPALA- At least 60 people have been arrested in Nsangi Town, Wakiso District, for allegedly rioting after receiving fake news that Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake had been shot dead by security personnel on Saturday.
This follows the brutal arrest of Mr Zaake by security forces as he tried to access the home of National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi in Magere, Wakiso District which was blocked off by the army.