Omah Lay and Tems Released By Ugandan Police
16 December 2020
Photo: Omah Lay/Instagram
By Kenneth Kiplagat
Nigerian artists, Omah Lay and Tems have finally been released by the Ugandan police after following a ruling by Okumu Jude Muwone, Chief Magistrate of Makindye after being arrested on Saturday and locked in Uganda prison for flouting COVID-19 order.
Omah Lay and Tems regained their freedom, in a statement first released by Bebe Cool, a Uganda singer, on Tuesday.
Although the Ugandan police had arrested both singers over their involvement in an unauthorised concert held on Saturday night in Ddungu Resort in Munyonyo, Kampala City, Bobiwine reacting on his Twitter page, said Omah Lay was not arrested because of COVID-19 rules, but owing to an ‘act of shame by a corrupt regime with double standards.’
The serving Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda’s Central Region queried Omah Lay’s arrest, stressing that the singer had police protection during the concert.
His tweet read: “Truth is #OmahLay’s arrest isn’t about COVID. No! It’s an act of shame by a corrupt regime that operates on double standards.
“He obtained a work permit and performed under police protection! Why arrest him? This is as pro-Museveni artists stage street concerts unmolested!”
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