Controversial Da Mighty Household comic Sammy Okanya who was arrested final week through the #March2Parliament protests has been charged with ‘widespread nuisance’ and remanded to Luzira jail.
Okanya was remanded after he appeared earlier than the Buganda Highway Justice of the Peace’s court docket within the absence of his legal professionals and remanded till the nineteenth of August when he’ll return to the court docket for his bail software.
NUP’s Secretary Basic (SG), Lewis Rubongoya said that Okanya was arraigned earlier than the court docket with the Justice of the Peace, State Lawyer, and clerk solely current regardless of some legal professionals who have been ready outdoors.
Our brother Sammy Okanya aka Mighty Household was this afternoon smuggled into Buganda Highway Justice of the Peace’s court docket within the absence of his legal professionals, charged with ‘widespread nuisance’ and remanded to Luzira Jail till the nineteenth of August!
He instructed me that he was delivered into the Justice of the Peace’s chambers solely within the presence of the Justice of the Peace, the State Lawyer and clerk, even when some legal professionals have been ready outdoors court docket.
He added that he was tortured by the army males whereas he was in detention on the Central Police Station (CPS).
NUP’s SG maintains that regardless of the mistreatment that Sammy has gone by way of throughout his detention, he stays spirited within the battle.
After spending one week below unlawful detention at CPS! I checked on him briefly earlier than he was pushed off to jail and he instructed me how he was tortured so many instances whereas detained at CPS. He stated the beatings have been largely administered by army males even when he was detained at a police station. Regardless of all this, he stays of robust spirit! Grateful to everybody concerned in aiding these harmless residents who discover themselves trapped by the repressive state equipment.
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