• Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Login
Watchdog Uganda
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda
No Result
View All Result
Watchdog Uganda
No Result
View All Result

After begging court to find her guilty, Stella Nyanzi sentenced to 18 months in Prison

Mubiru Ivan by Mubiru Ivan
2 years ago
in National, News
10 1
After begging court to find her guilty, Stella Nyanzi sentenced to 18 months in Prison

Dr Stella-Nyanzi

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Stella Nyanzi, a human rights activist and staunch government critic who once described President Yoweri Museveni as “a pair of buttocks”, has on Friday received an 18-month jail sentence after she was found guilty of cyber harassment against the person of the President.

Nyanzi, a former researcher at Makerere University, was arrested on 2 November after posting a poem on Facebook that the state deemed abusive towards Museveni and his late mother.

She was acquitted of a charge of offensive communication. Having already spent nine months behind bars, Nyanzi is expected to remain in prison for a further nine months.

Hill Water

The poem, posted on 16 September, the day after Museveni’s 74th birthday, suggested the president should have died at birth and accused him of corroding “all morality and professionalism out of our public institutions in Uganda”.

In Kampala on Thursday evening, magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu branded the poem “offensive and vulgar”.

“The use of obscenity cannot be justified in any society,” Kamasanyu said. “It didn’t matter who the post was referring to.”

Asked if she wanted to address the court in an attempt to reduce her sentence, Nyanzi replied: “Send me to Luzira [maximum security prison]. I am proud [of what] I told a dirty, delinquent dictator.”

She added: “I want to embolden the young people … I want them to use their voices and speak whatever words they want to speak.”

The court in Kampala was packed with activists, members of parliament, pressure groups, and leaders from different political parties.



Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com

Share2Tweet1Send
Previous Post

BoU Currency scandal: Court orders prosecution to produce confiscated phones

Next Post

Miss Uganda CEO brands Zari a ‘rotten apple’ before throwing her off pageant’s panel

Next Post
Miss Uganda CEO brands Zari a ‘rotten apple’ before throwing her off pageant’s panel

Miss Uganda CEO brands Zari a ‘rotten apple’ before throwing her off pageant’s panel

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Our news in your inbox. Subscribe to receive Watchdog Uganda news in your email at no cost.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Facebook Twitter

Contact Information

Plot 23, Yusuf Lule Road
PO Box 7661 Kampala, Uganda
Office Line: +256 777 286 815
Email: editorial@watchdoguganda.com
To Advertise:Click here

© 2020 Watchdog Uganda

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda

© 2020 Watchdog Uganda

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In