City Hall Court in Kampala has sentenced Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga for being a public nuisance.
Abiriga was summoned by City Hall court after social media was awash with pictures showing him urinating near the ministry of finance gate in Kampala went viral on social media raising public concern over the eighth parliament legislator’s conduct.
Prosecution told court that on September 25, 2017 along Kyaggwe Road in Kampala city, Abiriga urinated on the fence of the ministry of finance, an act which is against Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) maintenance law and order ordinance, 2016.
KCCA maintenance law and order ordinance 2016 states that if any person is found guilty of easing in the city, commits a public nuisance offence and is fined sh40, 000 or imprisoned for 2 months or serve both sentences.
