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Museveni pardons NUP’s Olivia Lutaaya, 18 others

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday pardoned and ordered the immediate release of 19 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who were recently sentenced by the Military Court on charges of treachery. After serving 29 days in prison (after the sentencing), the President, exercising his mandate under Article 121(1a) of the Constitution and acting on the advice of the Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, pardoned Olivia Lutaaya, Kakooza Muhydin, Rashid Ssegujja, David Mafabi, Robert Christopher Rugumayo, and Abdul Matovu. Others include Mesearch Kiwanuka, Simon Kijambu, Ibrahim Wandera, Stanley Lwanga, Steven Musaakaru, Ronald Kijjambu, Asubat Nagwere, Livingstone Katushabe, Matovu Sharif, and Swaibu Katabi. The group had spent almost four years in prison and expressed interest in pleading guilty to charges of […] The post Museveni pardons NUP’s Olivia Lutaaya, 18 others first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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