Daily Monitor
Friday January 08 2021
some of the National Unity Platform supporters before Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise before being released on January 7,2021. PHOTO/ MALIK FAHAD JJINGO
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At least 46 supporters and campaign team members of National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi were on Thursday evening finally released after reappearing before Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise.
The accused were granted bail on Monday but remained in prison where they were reportedly being guarded by armed soldiers, according to their lawyers.
There have been attempts by NUP lawyers to secure their release since Monday, but all the efforts failed despite engaging prison authorities at Masaka Ssaza government Prison.
Daily Monitor
Thursday December 31 2020
Presidential campaign members of Ugandan musician-turned-politician, sit during their arrest on a road as the campaign was blocked by Uganda People s Defence Forces (UPDF) in Kalangala district on December 30, 2020. PHOTO/AFP.
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According to the NUP lawyers, all the 118 have been made to make statements on charges of committing an act that is likely to spread an infectious disease, and that the police were still pondering on whether to take them to court or hold them until Monday when they will be formally charged on different counts.
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Police in Masaka District are yet to find a solution for at least 118 members of the campaign team of the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine.