Timothy Kalyegira a renowned journalist has been arrested and remanded to Luzira Prisons on allegation of criminal libel and defamation.
Timothy Kalyegira
Kalyegira who had gone to Kiira road police station to ask for his passport that was confiscated sometime back was surprised to be told by the station CID boss, Prudence Haguma that he was under arrest. His passport was attached in a police search of his home area, Lusaka zone in Makindye last year.
Kalyegira runs an online publication Uganda record which is critical of the Museveeni government and has written a controversial story about the July 11 twin bombings in Kabalagala and Lugogo during the 2010 world cup finals.
Kalyegira will be produced in court on Wednesday and he has consulted his lawyer Ladislaus Rwakafuzi to represent him.
Rwakafuzi said he does not agree with the charges labeled against his client because the police can not prove that those crimes were committed and that they were committed where Ugandan has jurisdiction.
By Nabula Baluku