Museveni warns social media users spreading fake news of his death
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has directed security forces ‘‘to locate very quickly’’ and arrest sources of fake news regarding his presumed death.
‘‘Apparently, social media has been saying that Museveni is dead. They (security forces) should locate very quickly [the one who tells such a story],’’ Mr Museveni said on Thursday.
The misinformation started circulating on June 26 on microblogging platforms including Facebook, which is banned in Uganda.
‘‘The other day when I went to that side of Bombo to lay a foundation (for a project) people were looking at me with shock because social media reported that I was dead,’’ Mr Museveni said.
The President now said security forces should solve what he described as an idiot...