Dr Stella Nyanzi, a Kampala Woman Member of Parliament aspirant and a former Makerere University researcher has been charged for being a common nuisance.
Dr Nyanzi who was nominated on Monday, to contest for Kampala District Woman MP seat on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket, appeared before Magistrate Ketty Acca and denied the charges.
Others on the charge sheet are Mr Godfrey Katongole and Mr Newton Isaac, who are businessmen in Kampala.
They denied the charges.
After taking plea, the three suspects were granted a cash bail of Shs200, 000 after presenting credible sureties.
Nyanzi, the prime suspect presented James Mubiru contestant for the Rubaga North Parliamentary seat and a friend Umar Mukosa as her sureties.
Nyanzi was arrested at Nakasero market within Kampala city on Wednesday alongside businessmen Godfrey Katongole and Isaac Newton for allegedly behaving in a manner that was likely to inconvenience other people and disregarding guidelines put in place to control the spread of COVID-19.
By the time of their arrest, they were holding a demonstration with placards that had inscriptions calling for the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown and asking the authorities to desist from using the COVID-19 outbreak to violate human rights.
The demonstration was partly to mobilise arcade owners to protest the continuous lockdown on their businesses. Nyanzi said it was unfair for the government to maintain a closure of arcades when other businesses are operating normally.
