URN.Nakintu was arrested on Wednesday while leading protests against the skyrocketing food and fuel prices in the country.
The former contestant for the Mpigi District Woman Member of Parliament seat, Joan Lule Nakintu, has been remanded to Kitalya Prison.
Nakintu was arrested on Wednesday while leading protests against the skyrocketing food and fuel prices in the country. She was arrested together with Elvis Katongole a councilor representing Ward B in Mpigi Town Council and Martha Namugenyi, a resident of Kalagala Village in Mpigi. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1885173889378683&output=html&h=345&adk=1590975256&adf=921249380&pi=t.aa~a.4031299446~i.3~rp.1&w=414&lmt=1658942636&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=9833304535&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=414×345&url=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fstory%2Fformer-mpigi-woman-mp-contestant-remanded-&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=320&rw=384&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1658942635987&bpp=3&bdt=13603&idt=3&shv=r20220725&mjsv=m202207190101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D2d281e30e10a91ef-225382dd6dd400e5%3AT%3D1658854579%3ART%3D1658854579%3AS%3DALNI_Ma3pQhWEFqi1uvKPiG7j7X-yLERkw&prev_fmts=384×1417%2C414x345%2C414x345%2C414x345%2C0x0&nras=3&correlator=8327256680587&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=394590582.1657529785&ga_sid=1658942624&ga_hid=2076923997&ga_fc=1&u_tz=180&u_his=39&u_h=896&u_w=414&u_ah=896&u_aw=414&u_cd=32&u_sd=2&adx=0&ady=1449&biw=414&bih=715&scr_x=0&scr_y=141&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C44763505%2C31068486%2C42531607%2C31064018%2C31062930&oid=2&psts=AGkb-H9LNSY_m9Ojo6-Bde8plJCOCsFpWXYyEhUW2NbydxAla2omNGPIVpDE5Am2gRasz3Ob_OLof6ookF0%2CAGkb-H_0EE-BjFlSiZ6EzNIH2oGv8lo8X3-DS3ZceFowRzO4x2IZyvs_yFUxm83jI1YTkVGiXCn8emf45P4&pvsid=2463446438141741&tmod=666087612&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fa%2Farchive.php%3FstatusId%3D4&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C414%2C0%2C414%2C896%2C414%2C829&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=6&uci=a!6&btvi=4&fsb=1&xpc=lkT2tlBdim&p=https%3A//ugandaradionetwork.net&dtd=18
Nakintu was held briefly at the Police in Mpigi before she was arraigned before the Magistrates Court and charged with unlawful assembly and violating the Covid-19 regulations, which she allegedly committed in 2021.
Nakintu appeared before Grade One Magistrate Fatuma Nabirye and denied the offenses before she was remanded to Kitalya Prison until August 3.
According to court records, Nakintu was last year released on bail pending trial but she did not report to the court.
Nakintu accused the police and the courts of resurrecting an old case file. She said that the case file was earlier dismissed by the same court.
Joseph Tulya, the Acting Police Spokesperson for Katonga Region said that the suspects will help the police in the ongoing investigations in the case of inciting violence.
Katongole and Namugenyi are still detained at Mpigi Police Station.
