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TikToker 'Pressure 247' charged and remanded over posts about Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba

Civic Space & Media Freedom Verified Uganda (national) 11 Mar 2026 Severity: 2/5

TikToker Ibrahim Musana, known online as Pressure 247, was charged before Grade One Magistrate Edgar Karakire with unlawful processing of personal data and hate speech over a 5 March TikTok post saying Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba was unfit to be Chief of Defence Forces. According to the Daily Monitor, he denied the charges and was remanded until 26 March. Prosecutors allege the post used the general's photograph and name without consent and was likely to ridicule or demean him.

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