Makerere’s Dr. Stella Nyanzi, has yet seen another win as court sets her free from charges of harassing the person of the President.
Justice Peter Adonyo of the High Court has today quashed the conviction against Dr. Stella Nyanzi which was related to cyber-harassment.
Court ordered that Nyanzi should be released immediately.
Nyanzi has been in jail since November 2018 in a case in which she was accused of cyber harassment and offensive communication against President Museveni and his mother.
Her lawyers challenged the verdict of Grade one magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu on grounds that their client was not accorded a fair hearing. Justice Adonyo ruled that the Buganda Road Court did not aid witnesses to be brought to court and therefore found its ruling ‘disturbing.’
On 3rd August, Nyanzi bared her breasts and screamed obscenities in protest as a magistrate sentenced her to 18 months’ prison on controversial charges of “harassing” President Yoweri Museveni.