Former Security Minister Henry Tumukunde has been charged with treason by City Hall Court and remanded to Luzira Maximum Prison until March 23.
Gen. Tumukunde at City hall court was brought to court by a combined team of security personnel that had kept him beyond the 48 hours as mandated by the constitution. he appeared before grade one Magistrate Valerian Tumuhimbise.
âI have been produced at City Hall Magistrateâs Court this afternoon. Remain strong and stay focusedâ reads a message posted on his social media platforms.
Gen. Tumukunde was arrested last week on Thursday from his Kololo offices. He was eventually taken into custody by a combined team of security agencies as they searched his offices, residence and up-country home. Earlier Uganda Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga had indicated that he would be charged with treason.
He becomes a third politicians to be charged with treason after former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president Dr. Kizza Besigye and Kyadondo East Legislator Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi.
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Tumukunde earlier this month wrote the Electoral Commission seeking for permission to consult electorates as it mandated by the law because he seeks to contest a president in 2021 general elections. However, before he would be cleared by police, he was arrested, his office and homes searched for evidence pinning him to the treason charge.
Meanwhile the other 11 people that were found with him at his office led by Tororo County legislator, Annet Nyakecho also appeared before Nakawa court Chief Magistrate Ruth Nabasa and read for them two accounts of obstruction.Prosecution had alleged that while at Plot 12, Impala Avenue in Kololo Kampala and accused them of obstructing detectives. They were charged and released on bail.
