Derrick Kiyonga, a journalist with The Observer newspaper, has been arrested at high court in kampala as the trial of the Kampala Bomb suspects started this week on Wednesday.
Sources have told us that Kiyonga was picked by security operatives in plain clothes at the high court premises where he has appeared to cover the trial of the 2010 Kampala bombing suspects but he was intercepted by security personnel upon his arrival at the court.
The operatives grilled the pressman for “being used by the terrorism suspects to send chits to their lawyers.”
It is common for the suspects to pass information or instructions to their lawyers during court sessions by writing down information on a small piece of paper and send it through someone.
After being quizzed, Kiyonga reported the matter to the defense lawyers led by Caleb Alaka who in turn raised the issue to Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo.
Alaka said this was a form of intimidation to his clients and other people in court.
The trial judge then ordered that the suspects have a right to give instructions to their lawyers and ordered that suspects should pass any communication to the lawyers through prison or police officers.
As soon as the court session ended, security grabbed Kiyonga from the court premises before forcing him into a waiting police patrol car which drove off to an unknown destination.
By Joshua Mutale And Christine Nabatanzi
Observer Journalist Arrested At High Court Suspected to be a Terrorist.
