Presidential contender gets bail in sex scandal case
A Burundi court has granted bail to a key opposition leader arrested in a sex and bribery scandal his supporters claim was a set-up designed to block a challenge to the president.
A report on the News24 site notes that Frederic Bamvuginyumvira, a former Burundi vice-president and current deputy leader of the Front for Democracy (Frodebu) party was arrested 'in a house of ill repute'. A bail order was initially made in December, but was then rejected at the request of the prosecution. 'The anti-corruption court has just made an order for the provisional release (of) my client Frederic Bamvuginyumvira on a bail of a million Burundian francs or EUR450,' his lawyer Fabien Segatwa confirmed, according to the report. It notes Bamvuginyumvira was Burundi's vice-president from 1998 to 2001, and is touted as one of the most serious potential opposition presidential candidates for 2015 elections. Full report on the News24 site