Emmanuel Nabugodi is the latest person to be jailed for a social media video about the president.
TikToker Emmanuel Nabugodi joins a long list of Ugandans who have been jailed for insulting President Yoweri Museveni
Emmanuel Nabugodi appeared for the sentencing on Monday after pleading guilty last week to four charges, including hate speech and spreading malicious information about the president.Nabugodi, known for sharing comedy content to his 20,000 followers, made a film of a mock trial of the head of state. In it he called for Museveni's public flogging.
In July, Edward Awebwa was handed a six-year sentence on similar charges to Nabugodi regarding a TikTok post. Three others are awaiting trial over content on the social media app. "This court hopes that by the time the convict leaves prison, he would have learnt that abusing people in the name of getting content is bad," she said.He was convicted under a controversial amendment in 2022 to the Computer Misuse Act.
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