Issue: Media freedom violation
Date: 26 January 2023
Location: Entebbe, Wakiso
No. of people affected: Three
Profession of affected person(s): Journalists
Perpetrator(s): Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) officials
What happened
At least three journalists were brutally arrested on Thursday (26 January 2023) evening by officials travelling aboard a Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) bus in Entebbe. The three journalists, George William Kakooza (CBS FM), Sulah Kagugube (UBC) and camera person Norah Odoi spent more than five hours in detention at Abaita Ababiri police station over taking pictures of the UCAA bus that nearly knocked them dead.
Consequently, UCAA officials accused the trio of “computer misuse.” Eyewitnesses say the UCAA officials manhandled the journalists and forced them –with their motorcycle- into the bus before they took them to Abaita Ababiri police station. Journalist Sulah sustained a bruised neck while his colleague Kakoza’s belt was damaged after they were mobbed on the bus.
SOURCE: Daily Monitor
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