Jenerali Muhoozi Kainerugaba, mwenye umri wa miaka 52, ambaye ni mwana wa Rais na Mkuu wa Majeshi ya Ulinzi ya Uganda, katika wiki za hivi karibuni ameagiza kukamatwa kwa wanaharakati mashuhuri, wanasiasa na mawakili. Aidha, ameamuru kufungwa kwa kundi kubwa la vyombo huru vya habari nchini.
Mwanasiasa mkongwe wa Uganda na mtetezi wa haki za wanawake, Miria Matembe, mwenye umri wa miaka 72, ameripotiwa kutekwa na watu wanaodhaniwa kuwa maofisa wa usalama baada ya kujificha kwa siku mbili kufuatia msako uliofanywa nyumbani kwake eneo la Luzira, jijini Kampala.
Mkuu wa Jeshi la Uganda, Jenerali Muhoozi Kainerugaba, ametangaza kufungwa kwa taasisi ya habari ya Nation Media Group (NMG), inayomiliki gazeti la Daily Monitor, kituo cha televisheni cha NTV Uganda pamoja na vituo kadhaa vya redio, akisema haamini katika uhuru wa vyombo vya habari.
In a video message shared online, Wine said he had left Uganda to handle what he described as critical engagements abroad and promised to return.
Kiongozi wa upinzani nchini Uganda, Bobi Wine, amesema yuko mafichoni kufuatia uchaguzi wa wiki iliyopita, huku kiongozi mwingine wa upinzani, Kizza Besigye, akiwa mahututi kutokana na hali mbaya ya afya, kwa mujibu wa mke wake.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has deleted a series of threatening posts he directed at supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and opposition leader Robert Kyangulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
Polls closed in Uganda on Thursday after a chaotic day of voting that took place under an internet blackout and with long delays caused by technical breakdowns as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40 years in power.
Some linked the problems to an internet blackout imposed by the government on Tuesday despite repeated promises not to do so.
In many areas, voting had yet to start hours after polls were due to open as biometric machines — used to verify voters’ identity — were malfunctioning and ballot boxes were undelivered
Zaidi ya watu milioni 20 wamejiandikisha kupiga kura katika nchi hiyo ya Afrika Mashariki, huku Museveni mwenye umri wa miaka 81 akitarajiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa kuendelea kutawala kwa muhula mwingine, akisaidiwa na udhibiti wake mkubwa wa vyombo vya dola na usalama baada ya zaidi ya miongo minne madarakani.
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