Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Mr Francis Zaake has been remanded to Gulu Central Prison on treason charges.
Gulu Chief Magistrate Isaac Kintu on Friday remanded Mr Zaake until March 14 when he will be returned to court for further mention of the case.
Hon. Zaake was arrested yesterday evening by the Police, spent the night under Police custody at Central police Station, and was airlifted to Arua where he faced charges of skipping police bond and was granted bail.
However, he was re-arrested immediately he stepped out of court in Arua, and was transported to Gulu where he was charged with treason for his role in the Arua by-election chaos in August last year, in which the president’s convoy was stoned on the last day of campaigns.
On the 14th of March, Hon. Zaake is expected to be arraigned alongside the other 33 people with whom he is charged in the treason case, among them include fellow MPs Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and Gerald Karuhanga
His lawyer Henry Komakech Kilama says they will apply for bail on Monday.
