The West Ankole Civil Society Forum Executive officer and popular Bushenyi activist Apollo Lee Kakonge has been remanded to Nyamushekyera Government Prison for reportedly attempting to murder a journalist.

According to prosecution, Kakonge, on July 10, 2017 while in Bushenyi district attempted to kill Abraham Muganzi, a New Vision journalist based in Bushenyi.

Kakonge, the leader of ‘Make Bushenyi Great Again’ that recently pushed for the installation of a service commission, was remanded until August 01.

The Bushenyi Grade One Magistrate’s Court did not allow the activist to enter plea because of the capital nature of his offence.