MP Zaake charged with treason, allowed to travel abroad for treatment
Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, was today charged with treason, unlawful escape by police.
According to a tweet from one of his lawyers Nicholas Opiyo, Zaake was also given bond until October 3 to enable him travel abroad for further treatment.
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"The police have charged the Hon Zaake with treason & unlawful escape & bonded him for a month to allow him travel for medical treatment. All this while he is on a hospital bed under police CMI guard," Opiyo tweeted.
The police bond on which Zaake was released
Zaake was stopped from flying out last week by police claiming he wanted to escape from justice. The legislator has been in hospital for the last three weeks and his condition remains critical.
He wrote the police statement from his hospital bed made at Kiruddu hospital where he has been confined since last week.
His compatriot, Robert Kyagulanyi (aka Bobi Wine), left the country on Friday after being examined by doctors. Kyagulanyi is in the United States.
