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NGOs fear attempts at muzzling after Uganda demands financial records

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In 2017, Ugandan security personnel raided the offices of at least two pro-democracy NGOs including SA-based ActionAid, confiscating computers and other equipment

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2019. Picture: REUTERS / ARND WIEGMANN

Over the last year several government officials have been quoted in local media accusing Bobi Wine, a musician-turned-legislator who says he will seek the presidency at the next election, of being funded by unnamed foreign agents. Uganda's next presidential election is not due until early 2021 but Museveni, in power for 33 years, is widely expected to stand again.

This month a letter circulating on social media showed the head of the Financial Intelligence Authority, a government agency that tracks and combats money laundering, writing to a commercial bank requesting financial records of 13 pro-democracy NGOs including FHRI.

 

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