Bya namunyenews
Ugandan Security Agencies; The Uganda Police, Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence -CMI have arrested Journalists Dickson Mubiru, the ONO BWINO Newspaper and The Grapevine Proprietor and Ssengooba Alirabaki. The duo were arrested when they had gone to record a statement at CPS, after Police detectives had raided their offices at Nasser Road. They are now detained at Central Police Station -CPS cells in Kampala.
Mubiru, who’s also the editor-chief of the Online publication The Grapevine and a weekly Luganda Newspaper, ONO BWINO and journalist Ssengooba are believed to have been arrested on the orders of High Flamboyant High Court Judge, Alexandra Nkonge Nkonge Rugadya who is said to have clashed and punching controversial city Lawyer Steven Kalali over a Court Case File.
The disagreement resulted from Kalali’s prayer where he was asking the presiding officer not to kick off his case because she was not going to conclude his entire case. He submitted that Justice Nkonge is set to retire early this year and the time she has left in public service is to clear the cases on her desk not to get fresh files like his.
However, the judge disagreed with Kalali insisting that she has to hear the matter at all cost which forced Kalali to threaten to file a recuse application against her. [Details of this story about Justice Nkonge clashing with Kalari can be found here;
A source at CPS has revealed to this publication that Justice Nkonge wants the celebrated journalists to be taken to Luzira so as they learn a lesson, asserting that they published such an article without license, yet Mubiru says his company is registered under New Grace Publication by UCC.
VITOL OIL SAGA: Detectives at CPS have also allerted us, that the stor; [ https://www.thegrapevine.co.ug/inside-story-how-top-legislators-shared-5m-vitol-oil-deal-bribe-intelligence-warns-m7-on-how-corrupt-officials-can-cause-downfall-of-his-govt/ ] prematary missing some facts, while others say the story is defaming Members of Parliament placing them in bad image that they ate a bribe amounting to 5M US Dollars from Swiss Company VITOL Oil Company, being the only seller of Oil to Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) from Kenya.
Detectives and security now want Mubiru and Ssengooba to tell them who gave them such sensitive Information, that could result in the fall of President Museveni’s government! The 48 hours that are mandatory for a suspect to be brought to court have now ellapsed without the duo being brought before the courts of law.