Kampala, Uganda – Criminal divisions high court in Kampala has set Tuesday next week to hear the bail application of Human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza. According to the production warrant issued to prisons authority of Uganda seen by The Ankole Times.
Ssalaamu Godfrey Ngobi, the assistant registrar of Divisions criminal court, has directed Uganda prisons to produce Kiiza Eron for hearing his bail application case on the 25th day of March, 2025 at 9:00 am before Hon. Justice Michael Elubu without fail.
This follows last week on proceedings where the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) objected to the temporary release of jailed lawyer Eron Kiiza pending the hearing of his appeal challenging his nine months sentence over contempt of court. The state, while responding to the bail application of Mr Kiiza, raised nine grounds, asking court to consider them and decline his bail application.
Among the grounds were that Mr Kiiza has not disclosed any exceptional circumstance to warrant his release, his sureties are not substantial with no control over him, and there will be no delay in disposing of his application.
It can been noted that, on January 7 this year, Mr Kiiza appeared before the General Court Martial as one of the lawyers representing Dr Besigye.
He was subdued by soldiers on accusations of exhibiting gross professional misconduct when he allegedly confronted a court orderly while he guided him on where to sit in the court in a very highly charged environment before allegedly assaulting him.
Then presiding chairman, Brig Gen Robert Freeman Mugabe without giving him a hearing, summarily convicted and sentenced him to nine months in prison at Kitalya where he has been ever since then.
