Buganda Road court denies bail to lawyer Male Mabirizi over missing identification

Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa of Buganda Road court dismissed lawyer Male Mabirizi's bail application, ruling that it lacked a copy of a valid identification document and that his sureties had presented expired national IDs. Mabirizi faces charges of hate speech and malicious information over TikTok posts the prosecution says attacked the Chief Justice and appellate judges; he denies the charges, and his lawyers said they would apply afresh at the High Court.