Sadati Waligo, a journalist attached to Kamunye, a sister tabloid of Red Pepper newspaper has been remanded to Kakondo prison in Lyantonde district for alleged criminal libel.
Waligo appeared before Grade One Magistrate Tadeo Muyinda yesterday and was charged for publishing a defamatory story in Kamunye and also posting on his social media, facebook account on January 17 with intent to injure the reputation of Lyantonde Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Sulaiman Tiguragara Matojo.
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