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Wife of Kyagulanyi aide charged over SIM card use and remanded to Kasangati Prisons

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Kampala 20 Apr 2026 Severity: 2/5

According to ChimpReports, the wife of a personal assistant to NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi was charged at Kawempe Police Station on 17 April 2026 with using a SIM card registered to another person, which prosecutors allege was used to make threatening WhatsApp calls. She appeared before Kawempe Chief Magistrate's Court on Monday and was remanded to Kasangati Prisons until 5 May; her lawyers said she had spent 35 days in detention and had filed a habeas corpus application.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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