Former Makerere researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by trial magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu over computer misuse.
Nyanzi is indeed so unpredictable! After screaming out her offensive words as usual(It was a ”Fuck You!” this time round), she pulled out her breasts and started shaking them like a stripper before the magistrate.
Nyanzi, who claims she was brought to the dock forcefully, has already served half of the sentence and will now serve the remaining 9 months.
The magistrate said her sentencing was based on the fact that she is unrepentant and cyber harassment is on the increase in the country.
Nyanzi , however did not appear in person in court.
While her supporters waited at Buganda Road Court in Kampala for Nyanzi to be produced, authorities opted for video conferencing.
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was the first to be tried, at Luzira prison, using the recently launched video conferencing.
To show her disappointment and anger, Nyanzi decided to undress in front of the cameras, saying she should have been taken to court where she was yesterday convicted of cyber harassment. She is also said to have destroyed the video link equipment and poured water on the prison warders.
Yesterday(Thursday 1st August 2019), Nyanzi was acquitted of offensive communication but convicted for harassing the first family on social media following her ‘dirty’ poem about President Museveni’s late mother Esteri Kokundeka(R.I.P).
This is probably the first time anyone has stripped in court , in protest, here in Uganda. After the sentence, the huge crowd of people in the court room joined in and started singing and shouting, probably to console the troubled Nyanzi.This made it hard to vividly hear the magistrates’ last words.
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