Last November, 21-year-old Emmanuel Nabugodi was jailed for 32 months after creating a video said to insult Museveni. Months earlier, Edward Awebwa, 24, was sentenced to six years in prison for hate speech and spreading "malicious" information against the first family.

Makerere student Elson Tumwine was jailed for two months after pleading guilty to offensive communication over a TikTok video targeting President Yoweri Museveni.

While delivering the sentence, the magistrate noted that Tumwine had not wasted the court's time and had asked for forgiveness

A Ugandan student has been imprisoned for two months over a social media post criticising the country's president, police said Wednesday, provoking alarm

A sixth-year student at Makerere University has been sentenced to two months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of offensive communication targeting President Yoweri Museveni and Speaker of Parliament Anita Among.