Persons found guilty of concealing infectious diseases would pay $850 or spend a year in jail, according to government proposition.
The author had in one of his articles suggested that the president’s son, Kainerugaba Muhoozi, was obese and bad-tempered.
Charges also include “willfully and repeatedly using his Twitter handle to disturb the peace of his Mr Museveni with no purpose of legitimate communication.”
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.”
At 1.45 million so far, mostly from South Sudan, Congo and Burundi, Uganda hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa.
Robert ‘Bobi Wine’ Kyagulanyi has been kept under house arrest in his home since returning from voting at the country’s general election last week Thursday.
Although the internet is now on, social media is still blocked.
“The AU surely can do more than pay lip service while the continent reels under aging and unproductive dictators.”
Many of Mr. Kyagulanyi’s assocites have been violently arrested and some killed.
The Ugandan leader seeks ‘damage control’ after security forces cracked down on opposition.
