Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo granted Shs 15m cash bail

Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo granted Shs 15m cash bail
December 31, 2020
Nicholas Opiyo appearing in court via video link from Kitalya prison
Renowned human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo has been granted a Shs 15 million cash bail after spending more than a week in custody.
Opiyo, the executive director of Chapter Four Uganda, a human rights organization was arrested last week on Tuesday with two others from a restaurant in Kamwokya in Kampala on allegations of money laundering. The arrest was in relation to a sum of $340,000 (Shs 1.2 billion) which was channelled through an account in Absa bank.
Prosecution alleges that Opiyo received $340,000 through Chapter Four Uganda on October 8, at a branch of Absa bank in Kampala, well knowing that the funds were proceeds of crime.

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