Democratic Party offers free legal aid to people arrested in protests over Kyagulanyi's arrest

At a press conference at the party headquarters on Balintuma Road, Kampala, DP spokesperson Opio Okoler said the party had told its lawyers to represent, free of charge, people arrested in the previous week's protests. According to the DP, police held the suspects beyond the 48-hour legal limit; Okoler also called on Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine to apologise for remarks about security forces.