Uganda police abused its power and the law by closing two independent newspapers and radio stations in the wildest media attack, The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has said.

Armed police raided and closed down The RedPepper, a tabloid, Uganda’s largest independent newspaper, The Daily Monitor, and its sister radios, KFM and Dembe FM, following reports that the President was grooming his son, Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to succeed him.

At the Namuwongo-based Monitor Publications Limited (MPL), which Preident Yoweri Museveni has in the past severally referred to as ‘that enemy paper’, police officers, some in uniform and others in plain clothes arrived in three vans, stormed and sealed off the premises.

Why UPC members are bitter over Museveni’s invite to UPC MPs Amongi – Akena’s wedding

On April 6, President Yoweri Museveni adjusted his busy schedule in Kampala and traveled to Minakulu Sub-county, Oyam District in Lango to attend a traditional wedding. For starters, President Museveni has not attended any traditional weddings in Lango before, leave alone being the chief guest.

But even more remarkable was the fact that though Museveni has historically fought and lambasted the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), both the bride and groom are active UPC legislators. Jimmy James Akena, the groom, is a son to the UPC founder and former President Milton Obote, while the bride was none other than Betty Amongi Ongom, who is also the chairperson of Uganda Women Parliamentarians Association (UWOPA).