Buganda Road Court grants bail to activist Sarah Bireete on voter data charges

According to the Daily Monitor, a Buganda Road Court magistrate released Sarah Bireete, Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance, on cash bail of Shs1 million after nearly a month on remand. She is charged with unlawfully obtaining or disclosing national voter information held by the Electoral Commission. The court ordered her to deposit her passport, barred her from leaving Uganda without its permission, and set the hearing for 27 February 2026.