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Makerere University Researcher Stella Nyanzi Convicted of Cyber Harassment

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Buganda road court has this afternoon convicted Makerere University Researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi of Cyber harassment.

Buganda road presiding magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu convicted Dr. Stella Nyanzi of Cyber Harassment in her ruling on Thursday afternoon noting that Stella Nyanzi’s Facebook post was vulgar, insulting, and mind corrupting.

The Facebook post “ “corrupts the minds of young generation” and that “…it doesn’t in anyway communicate any message… It is vulgar. It was offensive,” Kamasanyu said.

Dr. Nyanzi has been in incarceration since Friday 2 November, 2018 when she had gone to a police station to get permission to hold a protest at Makerere University.

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