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Another NUP supporter sent to prison for celebrating Gen. Tumwine’s death

Everest Mukiibi by Everest Mukiibi
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Kasagga( left ) at Buganda road court

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A supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been remanded to Luzira Prisons on charges related to celebrating the death of General Elly Tumwine.

Bashir Kasagga was on Friday arraigned before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Marion Mangeni and charged with five counts of unauthorized modification of computer material contrary to the Computer Misuse Act of 2011.

Court heard that Kasagga fabricated screenshots of social media messages of government officials and added several falsehoods, key of them being the celebration of the death of General Elly Tumwine.

General Tumwine, a former security minister, military commander and senior member of the National Resistance Movement, died on August 25 in Nairobi, Kenya. Tumwine’s family and several government officials complained about the negativity with which some people used social media to mock the dead General. Many of them cited a statement the former bush war fighter made in 2021 that the police had a right to shoot and kill violent demonstrators.

The Court has heard that between the months of August and September 2022, Kasagga, a fitness trainer, obtained screenshots of the Twitter handle of the Ministry of Defence Spokesperson, @UPDFspokesperson, and modified contents to indicate that the army leadership was warning NUP supporters against traveling to Kazo district for Tumwine’s funeral.

According to prosecution, the falsified screenshots read: “UPDF appeals to the General Public to be calm as we serve food at the send-off of our gallant statesman General Elly Tumwine. We however warn NUP supporters not to dare attend our burial in Kazo. You mocked and hurt the family of our deceased comrade so doesn’t risk to attend.”

In the same way, the Court has heard that Kasagga obtained screenshots from the official Twitter handle of the Uganda Police Force, @PoliceUg, and modified the contents therein to read: “We want to sound a warning to the general public that we shall come for you and apply iron fist on you if you can’t learn some morals, our safe houses shall teach you.”

It is also alleged that Kasagga further put words in a screenshot of the police Twitter handle to read that: “In light of instilling morals in this rotten generation that has made it a hobby to jubilate when government official die, we have arrested Tracy Manule, a NUP supporter, to serve as an example to the rest. The suspect posted the video celebrating the death of Gen Elly Tumwine.”

Kasagga is also accused of modifying screenshots of the Twitter handle of the Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among, @AnitaAmong, to read: “It is with great happiness that I have received news of the death of Gen Elly Tumwine. I even told the Pope that this deceased man tortured and killed Ugandans. When I was still in the Forum for Democratic Change, General Tumwine abducted Besigye supporters. It is good that he has died.”

Other Twitter messages Kasagga modified and falsified include that of Events Promoter Balaam Barugahare Ateenyi, @Balaam1980.

The evidence before court shows that Kasagga changed the messages without getting authorization of the mentioned holders of the Twitter handles and he reportedly executed all the offences against him within Kampala district.

But Kasagga denied the charges and has been remanded to Luzira Prisons until October 3, 2022.

Prior to his remand, Kasagga was asked by the Magistrate if he had sureties but he neither had sureties nor legal representation. He was brought to Court limping while wearing a black Uganda Cranes jersey. According to the NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, Kasagga has been missing since Tuesday.

Last Friday, the same court remanded another NUP supporter, Teddy Nalubowa also known as Tracy Manule Bobiholic, on charges of offensive communication.

It is alleged that on August 23 at Ndeeba, Rubaga Division in the Kampala District, Nalubowa willfully and repeatedly used electronic communication on Facebook and TikTok to disturb the peace or right of privacy of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

She reportedly did this by saying “Tumwine finally you have died but you died longtime and your boss President Museveni will also die, you will die one by one and we shall celebrate.” According to the prosecutors, there was no purpose for legitimate communication in this.


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