Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has convicted former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye of assaulting Andrew Lwanga, a former WBS journalist. The case that has dragged on for the last two years came to conclusion this afternoon. The magistrate found compelling evidence against the former Kampala DPC that was recorded on tape.
On the fateful day, January 12, 2015 , he left WBS for the usual work duty; to record the famous Unemployed Youths of Uganda (UYU) press conference at JEEMA headquarters in Mengo, a Kampala suburb. The former district police commander (DPC) of Old Kampala Police Station, Superintendent of Police (SP) Joram Mwesigye, did not only fail the journalist from executing his work, of shooting the pictures, the officer also broke the camera and caused the journalist to sustain a broken spine. After the news conference, the UYU started a procession to meet the Inspector General of Police (IGP) at Naguru police headquarters to petition him on their grievances concerning police prohibiting their processions. The UYU crusaders had previously rubbed the government the wrong way and had also had running battles with police in and around Kampala city.
Lwanga holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Commission from Makerere University, a Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from UMCAT and a certificate in Filming and Editing from WIGEMA institute in Nairobi, Kenya.
