{"id":7507,"date":"2019-01-09T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2019-01-09T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:49:42","slug":"people-power-activist-moses-bigirwa-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/09\/people-power-activist-moses-bigirwa-released\/","title":{"rendered":"People Power Activist Moses Bigirwa Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People\nPower activist Moses Bigirwa who has been in detention for almost two weeks has\nbeen released on Wednesday 9<sup>th<\/sup> January 2019 unconditionally by Law\nDevelopment Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moses\nBigirwa was arrested and accused of misinforming the public and alleging that\nNRM government had planned to Kill Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert\nKyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine during Arua by-election fracas last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade\none magistrate Rosaline Nsenge ruled that the charges against Bigirwa were\ndefective unconstitutional given that the supreme Court already declared\npublication of false news as defective and was released unconditionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The\ncharges of publications of false news is non-existent as such I find that the\nsame charge is fatally defective as it doesn&#8217;t exist in the books of law,&#8221;\nMagistrate Roseline ruled <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\norder for the release of the accused person unless being held on other lawful\ncharges,&#8221; Magistrate Roseline added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nlawyers of Moses Bigirwa led by Counsel Samuel Muyizzi and Counsel Asuman\nBasalirwa objected to the adjournment saying once court declares charges as\ndefective the accused should be automatically acquitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\naddressing the media immediately after his release, Moses Bigirwa said he\ndidn&#8217;t break any law and the case was doctored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These\nare the cases which happened before Jesus was born, these are some of the cases\nthat were used by dictators like Mussolini,&#8221; Bigirwa stated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nsays those kinds of cases cannot be used to oppress people who want change in\nUganda <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;\nSo, we are going to fight for it but I would also like to thank the judiciary\nat least for the first time they have discovered the truth,&#8221; Bigirwa added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncourt has given both parties two weeks to file their written submission and\nreappear in court on 21st January 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People Power activist Moses Bigirwa who has been in detention for almost two weeks has been released on Wednesday 9th January 2019 unconditionally by Law Development Court. 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