Makerere University Researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi has asked Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate, James Ereemye, to halt proceedings in her criminal case until the Constitutional Court pronounces itself on a petition she filed challenging the Mental Treatment Act.
The Mental Treatment Act was used by the state as a justification to have Nyanzi undergo tests to have her mental status ascertained saying she exhibits episodes of mental illness.
Through her lawyer Peter Walubiri, Nyanzi wants the case in which she is accused of cyber harassment and offensive communication against the person of President Museveni to be temporarily stayed, until the Constitutional Court orders otherwise.
However the application could not be heard today as she did not serve the Director of Public Prosecutions a copy. The magistrate adjourned the hearing of the said application and extended Nyanzi’s bail to 7th June 2017.
NTV
