The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has granted a one-million-shilling cash bail to Dr Sarah Bireete, the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance, who has been on remand for three weeks over alleged violations of the Data Protection and Privacy Act of 2019.
Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya Jatiko ruled this morning that the charges facing Bireete are bailable by the court and that she presented substantial sureties.
Each of the four sureties was ordered to execute a non-cash bond of 10 million Shillings.
Bireete’s sureties include her brother Joseph Beyanga, former Leader of Opposition Winnie Kiiza, Joseph Ochieno, who describes himself as the president of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), and former Ugandan Ambassador to the United States Edith Grace Ssempala.
The Magistrate, however, imposed additional conditions, ordering Bireete to deposit her passport with the court and barring her from travelling outside the country without prior court approval.
The case has been adjourned to February 27, 2026, when the hearing of the matter will commence.
Bireete was arrested on January 2, 2026, and remanded to Luzira Prison.
By URN
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