{UAH} Police Confirms Stella Nyanzi Arrest
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Police has confirmed arrest of controversial Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, hours after she was picked up outside a hotel in Kampala on Friday night. URN understands that Nyanzis is being charged with Cyber harassment, an offence provided for under Section 24 of the Computer Misuse Act 2011 and Offensive communication contrary to Section 25 of the same law.
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Police has confirmed arrest of controversial Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, hours after she was picked up outside a hotel in Kampala on Friday night.
Nyanzi had just addressed a Rotary Fellowship Mackinon Suites in Nakasero, Kampala.
The Director Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) Grace Akullo has confirmed the arrest but declined to reveal where Nyanzi is being held.
Nyanzi has in the last three weeks been using social media to criticize the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, for her stand on government's failure to avail sanitary pads to school-going girls. She also faulted the minister for being out of touch with reality for suggesting that parents should avoid using motorcycles to transport their children to school.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Emilian Kayima, Nyanzi was under investigations even before her arrest.
"She is arrested and ready to be arraigned in court. She is currently detained in one of our police facility," Kayima says.
URN understands that Nyanzi's is being charged with Cyber harassment, an offence provided for under Section 24 of the Computer Misuse Act 2011 and Offensive communication contrary to Section 25 of the same law.
Using sexual innuendos, Dr. Nyanzi has for the past two weeks been posting strongly worded messages on her Facebook Wall criticizing government policies. Her main target has been Education Minister Janet Museveni, who was on March 30 forced to break the silence and react to Nyanzi's attacks. In an interview with NTV, the First Lady said she had forgiven the social media critic.
"I have received reports about Dr Stella Nyanzi insulting me. I want to tell Ugandans that I forgive her," she said.
Nyanzi hit back saying that instead of offering to forgive her, the minister should fix the problems the government she serves, headed by her husband, has failed to address.
Section 24(1) of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011 provides for a fine of up to 1.4 million shillings or a three-year imprisonment, or both, for any any person who commits cyber harassment.
The section defines cyber harassment as the use of a computer for purposes of making any request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent; threatening to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person; or knowingly permit any electronic communications device to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this section.
Section 25 provides for a one-year prison sentence or a fine not exceeding 480,000 Shillings, or both, for offensive communication.
It states: "Any person who willfully and repeatedly uses electronic communication to disturb or attempts to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of legitimate communication whether or not a conversation ensues commits a misdemeanor and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both."
In Uganda, a currency point is twenty thousand shillings
Nyanzi had just addressed a Rotary Fellowship Mackinon Suites in Nakasero, Kampala.
The Director Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) Grace Akullo has confirmed the arrest but declined to reveal where Nyanzi is being held.
Nyanzi has in the last three weeks been using social media to criticize the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, for her stand on government's failure to avail sanitary pads to school-going girls. She also faulted the minister for being out of touch with reality for suggesting that parents should avoid using motorcycles to transport their children to school.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Emilian Kayima, Nyanzi was under investigations even before her arrest.
"She is arrested and ready to be arraigned in court. She is currently detained in one of our police facility," Kayima says.
URN understands that Nyanzi's is being charged with Cyber harassment, an offence provided for under Section 24 of the Computer Misuse Act 2011 and Offensive communication contrary to Section 25 of the same law.
Using sexual innuendos, Dr. Nyanzi has for the past two weeks been posting strongly worded messages on her Facebook Wall criticizing government policies. Her main target has been Education Minister Janet Museveni, who was on March 30 forced to break the silence and react to Nyanzi's attacks. In an interview with NTV, the First Lady said she had forgiven the social media critic.
"I have received reports about Dr Stella Nyanzi insulting me. I want to tell Ugandans that I forgive her," she said.
Nyanzi hit back saying that instead of offering to forgive her, the minister should fix the problems the government she serves, headed by her husband, has failed to address.
Section 24(1) of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011 provides for a fine of up to 1.4 million shillings or a three-year imprisonment, or both, for any any person who commits cyber harassment.
The section defines cyber harassment as the use of a computer for purposes of making any request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent; threatening to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person; or knowingly permit any electronic communications device to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this section.
Section 25 provides for a one-year prison sentence or a fine not exceeding 480,000 Shillings, or both, for offensive communication.
It states: "Any person who willfully and repeatedly uses electronic communication to disturb or attempts to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of legitimate communication whether or not a conversation ensues commits a misdemeanor and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both."
In Uganda, a currency point is twenty thousand shillings
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