MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana finally granted bail

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There has finally been light at the end of the tunnel after the High Court in Masaka  granted bail to MPs Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and Kawempe North’s Muhammad Ssegirinya who are accused of masterminding Masaka murders.

Masaka High Court judge,   Lawrence Tweyanze today afternoon reasoned with the lawyers of the two legislators that it is their constitutional right for the two  to be released on bail but to also enable them get treatment outside prison they have been since September 2021.

The judge directed that each of the two legislators pays a cash bond of shs20 million as well as depositing their passports with the court.

The sureties for the MPs have each been asked to pay a shs50 million non-cash bond.

The legislators have also been asked to report to the registrar of the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala once a month but also warned against interfering with investigations into their cases.

The release on bail came on the backdrop of an unprecedented move in which the state which had earlier opposed the application by the two legislators opted to reverse the same.