State prosecutor has asked Buganda Road Grade one Magistrate Esther Nahirya to reject the bail application of Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine since the charge of disobedience of statutory duty has a great bearing on the issue of public order.
The prosecutor also argued that Bobi Wine has no fixed place of abode within the jurisdiction of the court and that all the sureties presented reside way outside the jurisdiction of the court.
He told court that the accused also on Monday insinuated that the case at hand was not the reason he was in court, but rather his fight against President Yoweri Museveni. The prosecutor says the case at hand is not political and the magistrate should not let Bobi go on such an argument.
The prosecutor also told court that when the accused was released on police bond in July 2018, he never reported back as was the condition. This, he says means the accused could abscond from reporting as a bail condition.
On the issue of cash or non-cash bail, prosecution told court that since Kyagulanyi is employed, he should be released on cash bail.
However, the MP’s lawyer Simon Muyizzi says his client has been in prison for three days and had no access to his bank accounts. He added that his client being a musician, his concerts have been canceled by the state, leaving him without any money to afford a cash bail.
Court has adjourned for one hour and will return with a ruling.
Kyagulanyi was on Monday this week remanded to Luzira by the same court after being arrested on his way to the CID headquarters in Kibuli. He was charged with disobedience of statutory duty stemming from the infamous OTT protests of July 11th 2018.
