It was 12th January 2015 when a WBS Television journalist, Andrew Lwanga who was covering a peaceful procession by a group of unemployed youth along Namirembe Road in Kampala, met his unfortunate fate when he was brutally assaulted by a senior police officer, the then District Police Commander (DPC) of Old Kampala, Joram Mwesigye. Lwanga…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, Court adjourns a journalist’s assault case against a senior police officer
Kampala, 18th/ February/2015; Court at Buganda Road has adjourned a case in which a Wavah Broad Casting Services (WBS) Journalist, Andrew Lwanga was allegedly assaulted by Joram Mwesige a former Division Police Commander of Old Kampala Police Station. This was after defence counsel George Spencer made an oral application seeking for a two weeks’ adjournment…