Homecoming: Dr Stella Nyanzi to be released from jail tomorrow

Dr Stella Nyanzi.

Dr Stella Nyanzi.

On August 2 last year, Court sentenced former Makerere lecturer Dr Stella Nyanzi to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of cyber harassment and annoying the person of the President.

In a court session that was presided over by Magistrate Kamasanyu, Nyanzi stripped naked and hurled obscenities through a live link from Luzira. The session also turned chaotic as a water bottle was thrown to the judge by people who felt unsatisfied by the ruling Nyanzi got.

News reaching us is that the political activist’s sentence has been cut short for reasons yet-to-be divulged by his lawyers, and she is getting out of prison tomorrow, Thursday February 20, 2020.

Stella Nyanzi is known to be a stern critic of President Museveni and his government using all means available to her like social media. It is the language she uses that is at times uncouth and so attracts summons from the Police and lands her into trouble.

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