Journalist Remmy Asiteza applies for bail at Buganda Road court on fake news and unlicensed broadcasting charges

Daily Express journalist Remmy Asiteza, who is in custody, applied for bail before Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa, and the matter was adjourned to 21 September at the prosecution's request, URN reports. Prosecutors allege a July 2026 story falsely linked Minister Milly Babalanda to a recruitment scandal and that the website broadcast without a UCC licence; Asiteza denies the charges.