Kampala: Police in Uganda have re-arrested a traditional leader who is facing treason and other charges hours after he was granted bail by a court, a judicial official said yesterday.
Charles Wesley Mumbere was first detained in November after what he calls his royal guards refused an order by security forces to disarm and surrender, leading to a stand-off and a raid on his residence by police.
More than 60 people were killed in clashes.
He was freed on bail on Friday but just hours later he was detained again, judiciary spokesman Solomon Muyita said. “He was re-arrested by police because he has other charges,” he said.
Mumbere is a tribal leader of the Bakonzo people found in the Rwenzori region near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The area overwhelmingly backed the main rival to President Yoweri Museveni in the 2015 election.
