Eron Kiiza a Ugandan poet, lawyer, and environmentalist who is also the co-founder of Kiiza & Mugisha Advocates and CEO of The Environment Shield Limited and is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a member of the Uganda Law Society, was arrested at the court in Makindye where he had gone to represent Dr Col Rtd Kiiza Besigye on 7th January 2025.
His arrest sparked rumours among the public. This was majorly due to how fast he was arrested and prosecuted in court within a record breaking time that has not been witnessed in many other occasions.
Counsel Eron allegedly entered the martial court held at Makindye on 10th December 2024 representing Col Rtd Dr Kiiza Besigye and Another in the case UPDF/GCM/040/2024 and expressed gross professional misconduct of which he was warned that such conduct was contempt of court.
“Today the 7th day of January 2025 when the accused entered this court,he immediately confronted the court orderly that was guiding him where to sit but instead started assaulting the court orderly and banging the angle bars of the entrance.” The court said.
It is alleged that the accused was once again warned by the chairman of the court about his misconduct but he did not take it into consideration but rather continued to make noise and caused more chaos as he was being cheered by the audience.
The Court ruled that Counsel Eron was found guilty of committing the offence of contempt of court and that he was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment to be served in Kitalya Government prison.
The ruling was based on the professional’s failure to abide by courtroom rules and regulations that saw him get defiant to authorities in the courtroom.
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