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Court orders unconditional release of Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija 

Stephen Kalema by Stephen Kalema
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Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba

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The Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered for an unconditional release of Novelist/writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija.

In a Court order dated 4th January, 2022, Grade One Magistrate Irene Nambatya said Kakwenza should be unconditionally released from police custody and every police officer should comply with the order.

Kakwenza was arrested last Tuesday at around 4pm from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala city suburb by armed men.

Police allege that the writer made offensive communication, under the Computer Misuse Act, against President Yoweri Museveni and his son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who doubles as the Commander of Land Forces, between December 23, 2021 and December 26, 2021.

Kakwenza’s lawyer Eron Kiiza on Monday said his client had been tortured while in a week-long detention to an extent that he is urinating blood.

Kiiza said Kakwenza legs are swollen and his clothes are blood stained.

“A search is ongoing at Mr Rukirabashaija’s home in Iganga. He is urinating blood. He has swollen legs. He is clearly tortured. He needs urgent medication and counselling,” Kiiza said.

Although the spokesperson of Criminal Investigations Directorate Charles Twiine confirmed that Kiiza was able to access Kakwenza , he said the suspect was not tortured.

This is the third time Kakwenza is being arrested by security personnel. In all incidents, he has claimed that he was tortured. He was arrested in April and September 2020.

 


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