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****** Uganda: 160 More Charged Over Riots ******
16 September 2009
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Kampala — ANOTHER 163 suspected rioters have been charged, bringing the number
to 450. All the suspects, with the exception of the Kawempe Division
chairperson, Nasser Takuba, who was granted bail by the Nabweru court on
Tuesday, were remanded in various prisons.
In Kampala, Mwanga II Court yesterday denied 52 suspects bail and ordered them
to reappear in court on October 1. The prosecutor said the suspects, between
September 10 and 12, engaged in rioting and inciting violence in Kisekka
Market, Old Taxi Park, Gaddafi Road, Bulenga, Mengo, Rubaga and Kasubi, all
Kampala suburbs.
Some of the suspects were charged with vandalising property. The prosecutor
objected to bail for the suspects, arguing that the situation in the city was
still tense and the suspects would interfere with the investigations.
The Makindye Court prosecutor said some suspects were taken to Nsangi Court to
speed up the trial. Over 600 suspected rioters were arrested in the three-day
violent protests that begun on Thursday.
In Masaka, 80 suspects appeared before Chief Magistrate Moses Katorogo. Some
suspects, who included five children and Muslims arrested on the way to pray,
were released.
The suspects on remand in Masaka Prison are expected in court today. In a
related development, the Police yesterday arrested the Mityana town councillor
over the riots. Kabuzi Balamaga (DP) is said to have been the ringleader of the
riots in the town.
By Juliet Waiswa , Brian Mayanja, Ali Mambule, Luke Kagiri and John Semakula
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