Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu today further remanded Dr Stella Nyanzi, a queer feminist writer, activist and Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute for Social Research in Uganda, until December 10th, 2018.
This was after state Prosecutor, Janet Kitimbo told Court that inquiries into the matter are complete and a date should be fixed for hearing.
Nyanzi was charged with “cyber harassment and offensive communication” under the country’s Computer Misuse Act of 2011. She was arrested after she published a provocative poem on her Facebook page on September 16, the day after the president’s 74th birthday. It expressed the view that Uganda would have been better off had Museveni died at birth.
Prosecution alleges that Dr. Stella Nyanzi used her Facebook page to post a vulgar poem attacking President Museveni’s late Mother, Esteri Kokundeka.
Now, Nyanzi’s lawyer, Isaac Ssemakadde from Center for Legal Aid says they are legally and logically ready to cross-examine witness number one who should be President Museveni;
