Agency
The Masaka High Court has granted a 15-million shillings cash bail to Reverend Father Deusdedit Ssekabira, the Masaka-based Catholic priest who has been in detention for over two months on charges of money laundering.
The ruling comes after the state failed to demonstrate readiness to commence prosecution, prompting the court to release him temporarily pending further investigations.
The court granted a cash bail of 15 million shillings and accepted each of the three sureties on a non-cash bond of 50 million shillings.
He was also ordered to deposit his passport with the court and report to the Masaka High Court Registrar monthly.
Fr Ssekabira was arrested on December 3rd and charged with money laundering for allegedly concealing 500 million shillings by disguising himself as the owner of the funds, knowing they were proceeds of crime.
