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Muwanga Kivumbi and 24 co-accused apply for bail at International Crimes Division in terrorism case

Justice & Court Rulings Single source Kampala May 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 1/5

NUP vice president for Central Uganda and outgoing Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi filed a joint bail application with 24 co-accused before the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala, according to The Observer. The applicants argue that they have been held on remand without being committed for trial while investigations continue. Opposition leader Joel Ssenyonyi and NUP secretary general David Lewis Rubongoya are among the proposed sureties.

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