{"id":33814,"date":"2017-04-10T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uganda-dr-nyanzi-in-court-amid-heavy-security\/"},"modified":"2017-04-10T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:28:17","slug":"uganda-dr-nyanzi-in-court-amid-heavy-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uganda-dr-nyanzi-in-court-amid-heavy-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda:Dr Nyanzi in court amid heavy security deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Makerere University research fellow Dr Stella Nyanzi who was arrested last Friday has arrived at court.}<\/p>\n<p>Dr Nyanzi was on Monday driven from Kira Divisional Police Headquarters to Buganda Road Magistrate\u2019s Court in a convoy of security cars. Security is also tightened at Buganda Road court where she is to be charged.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are in relation to the alleged offensive Facebook posts Stella Nyanzi made about President Museveni specifically. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Nyanzi was charged with two counts including cyber harassment contrary to section 24 (1)(2)(a) of the Computer misuse Act 2011 and offensive communication contrary to section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In the first count, prosecution alleges that \u201cDr Nyanzi on January 28, 2017 at Kampala District or thereabout used a computer to post on her Facbook page \u201cStella Nyanzi\u201d wherein she made a suggestion or proposal referring to His Excellence Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as among others \u201ca pair of buttocks\u201d which suggestion\/ proposal is obscene or indecent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the second count, prosecution states that Dr Nyanzi \u201cbetween January 2017 and march 2017 in Kampala district willfully and repeatedly used electronic communication to post messages offensive in nature via Facebook, transmitted over the internet to disturb or attempted to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of his excellency the president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with no purpose of legitimate communication.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19244 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/latest005_pixxx.jpg\" alt=\"Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo makes case for his client Dr Stella Nyanzi (in the dock) at Buganda Road Magistrate&#039;s court on Monday, April 10, 2017.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:Daily Monitor <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Makerere University research fellow Dr Stella Nyanzi who was arrested last Friday has arrived at court.} Dr Nyanzi was on Monday driven from Kira Divisional Police Headquarters to Buganda Road Magistrate\u2019s Court in a convoy of security cars. Security is also tightened at Buganda Road court where she is to be charged. 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