113 Ugandan students charged with disobeying police order
18/11/2004 16:56
A total of 113 Ugandan students arrested in connection with a recent clash
were charged on Wednesday with disobeying a police order to disperse and granted
cash bail of 150,000 shillings (US$86) each, reported local press on
Thursday. The students appeared before Buganda Road Court chief Magistrate
Margaret Tibulya and they denied the charge and were released without
sureties. One woman was killed and several others were injured in an
eight-hour clash on Tuesday between the riot students from Makerere University
and police in Kampala. The demonstration started peacefully on Monday evening
following the death of a student Edgar Mukundane, who was knocked down by a
speeding vehicle near the university on Friday. The demonstration escalated
to riot after news filtered in at campus that three female students had also
knocked by a vehicle in the city and were in critical conditions at Mulago
Hospital. "They have been released on bail and have up to 5:30 p.m. (1430
GMT) to pay up or be remanded till the case comes up for mention in December,"
students' lawyer Charles Opwonya told press. Of the suspects, 35 were women
and 78 men, among them nine Kenyans. Opwonya said by 5:30 p.m., 84 students
had paid up and the rest would return to police cells. Kampala police chief
Benson Oyo Nyeko said they would be transferred to Luzira Prison.
Xinhua
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