KAMPALA– The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has acquitted former Rubaga Division deputy Resident City Commissioner Herbert Anderson Burora of the charges of spreading hate speech against the speaker of parliament Anita Annet Among.
This is after the DPP through state artonney Joan Keko presented to court a nolle prosequi terminating the charges against Burora.
Burora was facing six counts of hate speech and spreading malicious communication.
The prosecution had alleged that between March and June 2024, in Kampala District, Burora used his X handle formally Twitter to share malicious information about the Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among, portraying her as a torturer, murderer, kidnapper, and a corrupt official.
The prosecution had claimed that this information is likely to ridicule, degrade, or demean the Speaker and promote hostility against her.
