The nine including Retired Bishop Zac Niringiye and Emmanuel Kitamirike of the Uganda Youth Network were arrested as they took part in the BLACK MONDAY campaign.

They had taken their campaign to Makerere University and were arrested while distributing leaflets containing anti-corruption messages.

They were then taken to Wandegeya police station where they had been held for hours.

They have now been set free after recording statements.

According to the police deputy spokesperson Vincent Sekatte, the group faces charges of inciting violence.

They are required to report back to the police on February 14^th.

The police however deny blocking the anti-corruption fight.

Ssekatte has rubbished allegation by civil society that the force is frustrating efforts to fight corruption saying that force have been at the fore in the fight against the vice unearthing several corruption scandals.

However, several anti-corruption activists have condemned the arrest calling it a systematic move to block the fight against graft.

The executive director of NGO FORUM Richard Ssewakiraga says such acts will intimidate members of the public from being whistleblowers against corruption.

Ssewakiraga says their campaign is only meant put pressure on government to recover all stolen public funds.

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