The courtrooms at Nakawa and Buganda Road saw an unprecedented surge in foot traffic this week as magistrates heard bail applications from youth incarcerated for anti-graft protests late last month. Despite occasional unexpected delays, the majority of the protesters were granted bail.
As friends and family heaved sighs of relief, a brooding lament for justice continued to hold sway. Outside Nakawa magistrate court, Godfrey Luyombya, the speaker of the Nakawa Urban Council, tried unsuccessfully to speak without rancour.
“For us, we believe that these were peaceful protests,” he told the media, adding, “that is why we are rallying behind them, to see to it that they get justice that they deserve.”
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