The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Affairs State Minister Henry Okello Oryem says that Ugandans should be happy that blogger Fred Lumbuye who has been breaking the law has been arrested.
Speaking to reporters at the government-owned Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Oryem said although he couldn’t confirm whether Lumbuye had been arrested, it should be known to everybody that nobody is above the law.
Lumbuye is a Ugandan blogger living in Turkey who has been a thorn in the shoes of many government officials. On his popular social media pages especially Facebook, Lumbuye is fond of making wild allegations against the government and its officials.
In July, he was a source of a rumour that dominated social media that President Museveni was very ill and admitted to a hospital in Germany. And the following days he took his allegations to even another level when he announced that Museveni had actually died from the hospital where he had been taken.
Speaking a few days later, President Museveni said the country has got another challenge of social media that it must deal with urgently. He ordered security agencies to hunt down anybody who is trading rumours that he was dead and for those outside the country, their citizenship should be revoked.
According to Lumbuye’s associates online, he was arrested at the Ugandan Embassy in Istanbul where he had gone to renew his passport. The embassy is yet to make any statement on the issue.
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If someone abuses social media, you report that person to the owners of the social media platform. They will investigate, and close that person’s media account if they find that he OR SHE has misused it.
If a Ugandan commits a crime and flees abroad, the Police can get that person arrested using Interpol, and repatriated to Uganda to be tried.
Social Media is the new revolution. Governments will rise and fall because of the power of social media.
Ugandans are not all stupid and gullible like the Okello’s who were conned in believing they had signed a power-sharing agreement. We will fight with the pen and social media to protect Lumbuye from being deported to be slaughtered in Ug.
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