NEWS- Doreen Karungi the Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate has granted bail to sickly “NUP” MP Muhammad Ssegirinya.
Ssegirinya was ordered to pay shs.1million cash and his sureties bonded sh10m noncash.
His sureties were Apollo Ariho, a councillor for Wandegeya, and Thomas Bagonza.
Court granted him bail on the basis that Ssegirinya’s case is bailable, he is sick and needed urgent specialized treatment.
Ssegirinya who appeared in court via zoom revealed that efforts for him to access medical care have been frustrated by the prison authorities adding that even when he was taken to Mulago hospital, nothing was done to relieve his pain.
He claims medical reports indicate that he is developing cancerous cells and if not permitted to access specialized treatment, he may lose his life.
Court has set December 22 to start hearing the matter.
Ssegirinya was charged with one offense of inciting violence which he denied.
Prosecution alleges that Segirinya on his social media page posted the content that is likely to incite public violence.
On his page facebook page, he is said to have posted information relating to the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, which the prosecution view as a carefully conceived plan to cast mad on the government’s image and cause public violence.
The legislator is also indicted with murder and terrorism charges at Masaka magistrates court stemming from the Panga wielding gangs in the Greater Masaka.