By Ahura Mujuni Mark

City tycoon Hassan Basajjabalaba on Wednesday had his bail reinstated .The  Anti-Corruption Court  had canceled Basajjabalaba’s bail a week back  under exceptional circumstances.

While reinstating the bail for the businessmen, High Court judge Catherine Bamugemereire said that  Magistrate Akankwasa  was wrong to cancel the bail of Hassan Basajabalaba and his brother Muzamiru Basajjabalaba  under the pretext of exceptional circumstances.

Bamugemereire said that if  magistrate  Akankwasa felt there exceptional circumstances surrounding this case, it should have been the state to raise such issues with the defense lawyers replying before such a decision could be taken.

Basajjabalaba  was told to deposit a land title  without mortgage with the court and report to court once every two weeks.

A group of his supporters waited outside court to receive him .

Tycoon Hassan Basajjabalaba out of Jail

Basajjabalaba together with his brother  Muzamiru Basajjabalaba are accused of  forging a consent judgement that led to the payment of more than Shs142 billion following the cancellation of his market tenders in the city by the government.