My Son Will Leave Twitter, Museveni Says in TV Interview: Uganda
The move comes as media groups have asked Uganda's top court to scrap a new digital communications law which they say breaks the constitution and cripples free speech.
Museveni's son, general Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has often caused controversy with his comments on Twitter but his particularly undiplomatic outburst earlier this month caused his father to step in. Speaking during a TV interview, the Ugandan president said"He will leave Twitter. We have this discussion. Twitter is not a problem. The problem is what you are tweeting about."
He added, however, that Kainerugaba would still be able to take to social media as long as he restricts himself to comments about sport, for example:"Talking about other countries and partisan politics of Uganda is something he should not do and he will not do it." The president apologised to Kenya in early October after Kainerugaba, amid other remarks, suggested taking his troops to capture Nairobi.
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