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CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders removal of immigration officers over ID access for Banyarwanda

Policy & Legislation Single source Uganda (national) Feb 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 1/5

Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba wrote on X that he had decided to remove all immigration officers he accused of making it hard for Ugandan Banyarwanda to obtain identity documents, saying replacements would follow. In a later post he alleged that immigration officers had denied his grandmother an ID and said they would go to jail, according to ChimpReports.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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