DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) president Norbert Mao and six other party members yesterday declined bail and were sent to Luzira Prison as the Police arrested over 100 people over the walk-to-work protests.
Mao and his co-accused, who included the party deputy spokesperson, Kenneth Paul Kakande, John Mary Sebuwufu, Kamya Kasozi, Moses Bigirwa, Kintu Elvis and Taddeo Kalule, were charged with assault and inciting violence.
They were charged at City Hall Court before Grade One Magistrate Juliet Hatanga.
Each of the accused pleaded not guilty and opted to be taken to prison, saying "the charges were trumped up".
Prosecution said yesterday at Ntinda, a Kampala suburb, the accused assaulted a Police officer, Sgt. Yusuf Bayise, and "occasioned actual body harm" on him contrary to Section 237 of the Penal Code Act.
Prosecution further reported that in the same area, the accused, "without lawful excuse", incited others into violence by fronting their political opinions.
Hatanga informed them of their constitutional right to bail but they declined, saying it was an option they desired. Their lawyer, Samuel Muyizzi, reiterated their opinion, saying he had not received instructions to apply for bail.
Accordingly, Hatanga remanded them until May 2.