Ugandan afro popstar and lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s legal defense is reported to have presented those who reside outside the jurisdiction of the court as sureties.
The current hearing is however connected to charges of incitement as relates to protest he led last year against proposed social media tax by the government.
The prosecution is opposing his release on bail. One surety identified as Miria Matembe is said to be too old to stand as surety.
The conference bail hearing of the Kyadondo East MP’s was conducted with him in a dock at the Luzira Maximum Security Prisons where he is being held.
The submissions of the case were being heard from the Buganda Road courts where he was expected to appear in person. Political watchers say it is the first time the measure is being applied in the country’s justice system.
On the issue of his recent arrest, he had escaped from preventive house arrest to attend a funeral before he was re-arrested, slapped with a charge of disobedience of statutory duty and remanded till his hearing today.
A number of his colleague lawmakers stood surety for him in the case