Police is holding Nyanzi Emmanuel, a son to one of the founders of Excel insurance company limited, late David Mukasa Walakira for stigmatizing and embarrassing a city lawyer Judith Tumusiime of Katende Ssempebwa advocates.
Nyanzi was arrested yesterday at the offices of Katende, Sempebwa advocates with aid from Uganda Network on Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) after he was tricked by Mrs. Tumusiime to come and get copies of the land title for a piece of land in Masaka Kimwanyi where Walakira was buried.
He was charged with cyber harassment and acknowledged posting a traumatizing and stigmatizing information about Judith.
Mrs. Tumusiime offered legal service to the late Walakira’s family and all the issues were resolved in 2018. According to Judith, all the children got their share however Nyanzi wants to sell the burial ground.
“I have always told him that I can’t do such an issue but he has insisted. He has sent me all sorts of demeaning messages. The processes were handled by his late Aunt Rose. He has embarked on black mailing me.”
Judith has handled a wide variety of Real Estate matters including transaction work for investors, foreign and domestic, requiring services in acquisition, portfolio management, and disposal of immovable property in Uganda.
The head of advocacy and strategic litigation at UGANET Immaculate Owomugisha said HIV status whether known or unknown should never be used as a weapon of war and abuse. “The constitution of Uganda protects every Ugandan from being demeaned because of perceived or actual HIV status”.
According to Head Gender Equality and Violence against Women Prevention at UGANET Rhona Babweteera, they a saw a insensitive, discriminatory and stigmatizing post on Nyanzi Emmanuel Facebook page and they swiftly had to take action against him. He wrote a traumatizing post about a city lawyer whose HIV status he doesn’t know.
“We want him to serve as an example for all people on social media thinking that they can use any information to blackmail people,” She added that we are committed to pursue matters till the end.
“Undermining women is not acceptable. This is not enough, will make sure that more charges are brought against him,” she said.
For the past 20 years, UGANET mandate is based on the foundation that the law, legal policies and human rights are critical enablers in influencing the success of Health and HIV interventions intended to prevent further spread and also mitigate the adverse social impact and suffering caused by HIV and other Health conditions.
