{"id":249802,"date":"2024-11-12T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/12\/ugandan-tiktokers-held-for-insulting-first-family\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:06:17","slug":"ugandan-tiktokers-held-for-insulting-first-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/12\/ugandan-tiktokers-held-for-insulting-first-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan TikTokers held for insulting first family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/873\/87375799.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ugadan president Yoweri Museveni\" title=\"Ugadan president Yoweri Museveni\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ugadan president Yoweri Museveni<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Two Ugandans have been detained for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, the first lady Janet Museveni and the president&#8217;s son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on the video-sharing platform, TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis remanded 21-year-old David Ssengozi, alias Lucky Choice, and Isaiah Ssekagiri , 28, to Kigo prison until Wednesday when they will make an initial court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of hate speech and spreading malicious information against the first family and musicians linked to the governing National Resistance Movement (NRM).<\/p>\n<p>Appearing in court on Monday, the two denied the charges.<\/p>\n<p>They are jointly charged with Julius Tayebwa, 19, who had already been brought before court and remanded in prison for the same offences.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that they posted information on TikTok meant to &#8220;ridicule degrade, demean, and promote hostility\u201d against the first family and others<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate allowed their detention after police said they were still making inquiries on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will come back on the 13 November, when the case will come up for mention. You are remanded at Kigo prison till then,\u201d the magistrate ordered.<\/p>\n<p>In September, police spokesman Rusoke Kituuma warned that abusing the president, who he termed the &#8220;fountain of honour&#8221;, was an offence. He mentioned a TikToker with the name Lucky Choice who he said they were investigating. He was later arrested.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear which post led to the arrest, but a video released in April on TikTok on the page LuckyChoice70, with the title My First Enemies, criticised the first family using sexually explicit terms.<\/p>\n<p>In July, a 24-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison for insulting the president and the first family on a TikTok video. He had pleaded guilty and asked for forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the government has been criticised for restricting people\u2019s ability to criticise actions by the state or its officials.<\/p>\n<p>The US government in a report last year accused Uganda of restricting internet freedom through the use of criminal punishments.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups also regularly denounce the Ugandan authorities over violations of human rights and the freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, award-winning Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged with two counts of &#8220;offensive communication&#8221; after making unflattering remarks about the president and his son on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>He fled the country to Germany after spending a month in jail, where he said he had been tortured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugadan president Yoweri Museveni Two Ugandans have been detained for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, the first lady Janet Museveni and the president&#8217;s son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on the video-sharing platform, TikTok. Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis remanded 21-year-old David Ssengozi, alias Lucky Choice, and Isaiah Ssekagiri , 28, to Kigo prison until Wednesday when they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ugandan TikTokers held for insulting first family - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/12\/ugandan-tiktokers-held-for-insulting-first-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ugandan TikTokers held for insulting first family - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ugadan president Yoweri Museveni Two Ugandans have been detained for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, the first lady Janet Museveni and the president&#8217;s son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on the video-sharing platform, TikTok. 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