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Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

March 17, 2022

Journalist, writer arrested for ‘insulting’ President Museveni

In January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged to court for calling the president “obese” and a “curmudgeon.”

Yoweri Museveni
February 8, 2022

Court stops writer from travelling over ‘insult’ of Ugandan president’s son

The author had in one of his articles suggested that the president’s son, Kainerugaba Muhoozi, was obese and bad-tempered.

February 7, 2022

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija: EU wants torturers of Ugandan author punished

The award-winning author said his torturers used pliers to tear pieces of flesh from parts of his body.

December 30, 2021

Ugandan writers kick over arrest of novelist who criticised President Museveni’s son

Mr Rukirabashaija has been detained after he called Mr Museveni’s son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, “obese, drunk, bad-tempered, and a rotting corpse of a future president.”

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