Uganda’s president warns protest organizers that they are playing with fire

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has issued a warning to demonstrators, saying that if they go through with their plans to hold an anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday, they will be “playing with fire.”

Using social media, young Ugandans have been planning the march to call for an end to governmental corruption.

They were somewhat inspired by their Kenyan counterparts, who orchestrated large-scale protests that compelled President William Ruto to abandon his intentions to raise taxes. Since then, the demonstrations have turned into demands for his resignation.

Mr. Museveni forewarned the Ugandan organizers of their planned protest that it would not be allowed in a televised speech.

Although Mr. Museveni’s supporters applaud him for preserving stability in the East African nation, his detractors accuse him of controlling Uganda with an iron hand since he took office in 1986.

In an additional charge of “always working with foreigners” to instigate turmoil in Uganda, the president leveled accusations against some protest organizers. He did not go into detail.

Prior to the march, police had declared that they would not allow it to happen.

They would carry it out, one of the principal protest organizers told the AFP news agency.

“Police authorization is not required for us to conduct a nonviolent protest. Louez Aloikin Opolose was cited as saying, “It is our constitutional right.”

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