Entebbe, (UG):- Juma Musuuza, a 27-year-old TikToker popularly known on the content creator platform as Madubarah is the latest Ugandan to face the wrath of the law on charges related to computer misuse and demeaning the person of the President and the First Family.
Madubara was Monday arraigned before Entebbe Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis who read to her the charges of hate speech, spreading malicious information about the First Family and making demeaning comments about Speaker of Parliament Anita Among.
State Prosecution led by Ms Janet Kitimbo told court that Mr Musuuza, who is also a second-hand shoe hawker while at his premises in Wakiso District used his TikTok account Madubarah UG to share information which is likely to ridicule, degrade or demean President Museveni, his son and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Speaker Among.
In the viral social media video, Madubara is quoted to have said; “If Museveni hands over power to his drunkard son, the country will be destroyed within two days, let Ugandans pray for our country and ourselves.”
“If Muhoozi takes over power from his father, the country will be destroyed within two days according to how he drinks and whoever talks, we shall kill or arrest you relating to Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the first son,” Madubara allegedly added in a separate video.
The accused further said, “Using taxpayers’ money to build a mansion which is better than State House and buying bleaching jelly (chemicals) relating to Anita Among, the speaker of parliament”.
Magistrate Amabilis who presided over the court on the afternoon remanded Madubara until November 27 when he will be returned to court for the hearing of the case.
Madubara becomes the fifth TikToker to be remanded in Uganda for the alleged misuse of computer devices and social media apps.
On the same day he was remanded, another TikToker Emmanuel Nabugodi, 21, was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail following his admission to the charges of hate speech and spreading malicious information about President Museveni.
The duo follows three other TikTokers who are on remand and expected to return to court on November 25 over similar charges. They include 21-year-old David Ssengozi, alias Lucky Choice; Julius Tayebwa,19 and Isaiah Ssekagiri, 28.
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