President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni is Not Dead

Olawale Ameen

Politics

9th July 2021

President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni is Not Dead

President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni appeared in public on Thursday (Getty).

The Claim

President Museveni is dead.

News posted on

Rashidha Bint yusuyu Nabirye

Emerging story

News that President Museveni of Uganda is dead has circulated on social media since July 6th.

Allow me to congratulate you upon being elected as the president of the Republic of Uganda.Congratulations @HEBobiwine. A beacon of hope, for this hopeless nation.Even when Byabakama didn't declare you President,Ugandans know that you won. Like you said a few days ago, #tebinagwa pic.twitter.com/AqH1q1Xsy8
— Kafuko Stanley (@K_Stanley28) July 4, 2021

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s investigation unveils that the claim circulating is false. President Museveni appeared in public on Thursday, calling for the arrest of those who claimed he was dead.

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The Ugandan State House has also asked the telecom regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission to investigate social media users who declared President Museveni sick or dead.

According to the senior presidential press secretary, Lindah Nabusayi, the only reason why the President has not been seen in public of late is ‘’because he has chosen to work virtually as part of the COVID-19 containment measures.’’

President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for his sixth term in office as Uganda’s president on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Kampala, the country’s capital, amid clampdown on opposition and human rights violations.