Kawempe North Legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya’s case of incitement of violence has been adjourned to 10th February 2023 at 10:00 am.
Segirinya appeared before the Buganda road chief magistrates court in Kampala.
The state accuses the outspoken legislator of inciting violence during and after the 2021 General elections.
The charges stem from a statement that Ssegirinya posted on his Facebook Page allegedly cautioning security forces against trying to assassinate the leader of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.
According to the post, Segirinya cautioned that the aftermath of any such action would be 40 times worse than the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in which an estimated one million people were killed in a space of 100 days.
On February 23, the court heard from Juliet Naiga, a News Editor at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation who transcribed a video containing the same information which, according to the prosecution, was tantamount to inciting violence.
Although he had been granted bail, Ssegirinya has remained in detention on a separate charge for which he is facing trial jointly with Makindye West MP Allan Ssewanyana.
Charges Dropped
The same Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court in September 2022 dismissed a case in which Segirinya was accused of incitement to violence.
Prosecution then claimed that Ssegirinya, a resident of Nsoba Kyebando Parish in Kawempe, a city suburb and others still at large on March 22, 2021 at Mini Price in Kampala did an act calculated to incite violence against other persons by holding placards demanding for presidential victory for the former Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine.
Ms Gladys Kamasanyu who presided over the hearing of the case said prosecution failed to adduce substantial evidence to prove that the MP incited anyone on March 22, 2021.
