Following a futile attempt to retrieve his passport to enable him travel abroad for proper treatment, renowned writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has gone into exile.
Kakwenza broke the news on his facebook page.
“To the bespectacled pigheaded magistrate at Buganda Road, Dr. Douglas Singiza, since you value my passport more than you do to my life and non-derogable rights, you have ashamed the profession because you chose to proliferate persecution against me. You’re a disgrace! Now, put my passport in the dock and try it. I won’t face you again, dear bumlicker of Museveni and Muhoozi,” posted Kakwenza.
The author of the Greedy Barbarian didn’t have any kind words for the Buganda Magistrate that rejected his plea for his passport to be returned to him.
“You are an enabler of the outlawlessness. Pursuant to the human rights Act, you had the discretion to observe my rights and discharge me other than whittling down my plea of torture. A magistrate whose head or mouth doesn’t spew justice deserves to be called a fool,” stated Kakwenza.
He also lamented on how he has been made a pariah in the country he calls home.
“Clearly, these crooks have made me a pariah in the country I call home and I will not capitulate to their offers(appointments and material wealth),” Kakweza stated.
On January 25, Kakwenza was released by Buganda Road Court on a Shs500,000 cash bail and was barred from talking about the case in the media as doing so would lead to automatic cancellation of his bail.
He was arrested in December 2021 for ‘insulting’ President Yoweri Museveni and First son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Twitter.