- He was granted a cash bail of Uganda Shillings 500,000
- Kakwenza was ordered to deposit his passport with court
- He returns to court on 1st February
Troubled Writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija's joy of being finally free after court granted him bail was shortlived after security operatives rearrested, and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
Kakwenza is battling two counts of offensive communication against the Head of state and first son.
According to Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Singiza, Kakwenza was granted a cash bail of 500,000 Shillings while his four sureties including Lawyer Julius Galisonga, National Unity Platform Secretary-General David Lewis Rubongoya, Kololo Secondary School Teacher Annah Ashaba and Activist Job Kiija entered a non-cash bond of 10 million Shillings.
It is alleged that Kakwenza used his Twitter handle to post tweets about President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and first son Lt General Muhoozi Kainerugaba with no purpose of legitimate communication.
In one of the tweets, he referred to the President as an election thief and in another, he called Muhoozi overweight and intellectually bankrupt. According to prosecution this communication was wilfully and repeatedly used to disturb the peace of the president
Kakwenza has always denied the charges.
His lawyers Eron Kiiza and Samuel Wanda asked the court to release him on grounds that he was sick having been tortured while in State custody. He was ordered to deposit his original passport with the Court for six months.
Prosecution’s Patricia Cingtho informed the court that investigations were still ongoing .
The case has been adjourned to February 1, 2022.
Opposition stalwart Dr. Kiiza Besigye in tweet refered to Kakwenza's case as "another case that will never go to trial. The intention of severely torturing the "accused" is already achieved,the rest, court has done".