Five directors and three editors of The Red Pepper publications are expected to return to Court this morning for their Bail hearing.
The 8 men were denied bail and returned to Luzira until today, December 19th when Buganda Road Court chief magistrate James Ereemye Mawanda will make a ruling on their bail application.
At their appearance on December 5th, Mawanda said he wanted time to examine documents submitted in court by the accused and state prosecution. As he announced that he needed time, Maxim Mutabingwa, the lead lawyer representing The Red Pepper editors asked for an interim bail for the accused which was rejected.
The directors; Arinaitwe Rugyendo, Patrick Mugumya, Johnson Musinguzi, Richard Tusiime and James Mujuni, and editors; Ben Byarabaha, Richard Kintu and Tumusiime Francis were arrested on November 21st following police raid of their offices in Namanve, along Jinja Road.
The raid and arrest was triggered by a story published in The Red Pepper issue of November 20 indicating that President Yoweri Museveni was plotting to overthrow his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.
