Uganda: ‘Balaalo Must Go’ Protesters Remanded As Balaalo Stay On

By Okumu Livingstone Photos: Stephen Langole\YouTube Screenshots Gulu City,Uganda: FRIDAY December 8, 2023 Gulu Chief Magistrate Said Barigye on Thursday, December 7,2023 charged Betty Ocwee and other three for malicious damage and criminal trespass, and remanded them to Gulu City government main prison. Betty Ocwee, Francis Okello and other two whose names were not yet established by press time were arrested on November 22, 2023 and they got police bail on November 27, 2023. Following their arrests on November 27, 2023, Betty Ocwee and Okello Francis were first incarcerated at Gulu UPDF 4th Division barrack where they spent the night and were later taken and detained at Burcoro Central Police Station in Gulu District. Later on, they were brought to Gulu High Court Circuit. However, Betty Ocwee and four others were whisked away to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, 8 kilometers from Gulu City centre. When Gilbert Olanya, the MP for Kilak South, Betty Aol Ocan, the MP for Gulu City women, Okot Amos, the MP for Agago North and Simon Wokorach, the MP for Aswa county learned that Betty and others were at Lacor Hospital, they went and demonstrated that the suspects must not be in police custody because their...