National Unity Platform (NUP) lawyer and Woman member of Parliament for Kampala Shamim Malende says her vehicle, a Toyota Harrier has been deflated by detractors to fail her arive at MAsaka High Court she was due to attend a bail application for two colleagues.
“I think their intention was to scare and also delay us from arriving at court in time. Good enough, some of our colleagues had already arrived at court,” Malende says.
She said men banged her car for some minutes before they disappeared and that when it stopped raining, they set off only to realize that the car was not moving properly.
Shamim Malende’s car after it was deflated October 21. 2021
She said she moved out of the car only to find that two tyres on the driver’s seat had been deflated.
Malende and other lawyers are in Masaka to apply for a second bail for Kawempe North MP Mohammad Ssegirinya and Makindye West MP Ssewanyna who face seven charges of Murder.
Prosecution slapped seven criminal charges against the MPs and others alleging that they participated in killings in the Greater Masaka sub region between July and August this year. 29 people were killed.
On September 23, Mr Ssewanyana was released from Kigo prison upon fulfilling the bail terms but was arrested at the prison gate, forced into a security van infamously referred to as a drone. Mr Ssegirinya was also rearrested in the same manner after being released on bail.
The presiding judge at Masaka High Court said he would pass a judgment on Monday.
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