Museveni Draws a Hard Line: Uganda’s President Confronts Security Abuses and Fires Back at Media Criticism

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has broken his silence on the Stephen Nuwagaba affair, issuing a pointed warning to security agencies while publicly rebuking prominent journalist Andrew Mwenda. The message from State House is unusually direct: torture and abuse of power will not be tolerated, and those who deflect from that truth will be called out by name.