Court charges at least 42 Ugandan youths over anti-graft protest

24/7/2024 17:54

        A Ugandan magistrate's court has charged at least 42 youths for offences allegedly committed during a banned anti-corruption protest on Tuesday, and remanded them in custody.
        
        Protesters marched on different streets in the capital Kampala on Tuesday shouting slogans and holding placards denouncing corruption by lawmakers.
        
        At least 42 protesters were charged and remanded when they appeared at a magistrate's court in Kampala late on Tuesday, Bernard Oundo, president of Uganda Law Society, who was heading a team of lawyers representing the suspects, said on Wednesday.
        
        The charges outlined various offences including being "idle and disorderly" and being a "common nuisance", the charge sheet produced in court said. They pleaded not guilty and were ordered to return to court at different dates between July 30 and August 6.