{"id":24632,"date":"2016-10-20T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=24632"},"modified":"2016-10-20T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:09:01","slug":"nakawa-mp-micheal-kabaziguruka-out-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/nakawa-mp-micheal-kabaziguruka-out-on-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakawa MP Micheal Kabaziguruka Out On Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nakawa Member of Parliament Michael Kabaziguruka is now a free man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kabaziguruka who is battling\u00a0charges relating to treachery before the General Court Martial has been granted a cash bail by the High Court in Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Justice Yasin Nyanzi has ordered Kabaziguruka\u00a0to pay Sh5 million on top of executing a non-cash bond of Sh10 million\u00a0before regaining his freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Judge then ordered Kabaziguruka&#8217;s 4 sureties including the Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, FDC party president Gen Mugisha Muntu, FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Rubaga North MP Moses Kasibante to also\u00a0 sign a non-cash bond of Sh100 million each to ensure that Kabaziguruka returns to court for trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kabaziguruka has also been barred from travelling out of the country without the High Court&#8217;s permission where he is required to report twice in every fortnight starting from 5th\/November 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meanwhile the judge has called on the\u00a0Law Reform Commission, Parliament and individual members to make amendments to the law\u00a0so that in the future the DPP does not simply refuse to respond to matters before\u00a0court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jjustice Nyanzi heard Kabaziguruka&#8217;s bail application ex-parte\u00a0as after the\u00a0DPP\u00a0refused to respond to it saying the law does not allow him to prosecute matters that are before the General Court Martial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The judge ruled\u00a0that since this is not the first time the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)\u00a0is refusing to prosecute matters arising out of the Army Court, he had to borrow a leaf from his learned colleague Justice Masalu Musene who went ahead to release General David Sejusa on bail in the absence of the DPP in February this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just like justice Masalu,\u00a0Justice Nyanzi said he could not just sit and look on while a litigant was before him seeking justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Story By Ruth Anderah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nakawa Member of Parliament Michael Kabaziguruka is now a free man. Kabaziguruka who is battling\u00a0charges relating to treachery before the General Court Martial has been granted a cash bail by the High Court in Kampala. Justice Yasin Nyanzi has ordered Kabaziguruka\u00a0to pay Sh5 million on top of executing a non-cash bond of Sh10 million\u00a0before regaining his freedom. The Judge then ordered Kabaziguruka&#8217;s 4 sureties including the Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, FDC party president Gen Mugisha Muntu, FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Rubaga North MP Moses Kasibante to also\u00a0 sign a non-cash bond of Sh100 million each to ensure that Kabaziguruka returns to court for trial. 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