NGOs fear attempts at muzzling after Uganda demands financial records
In 2017, Ugandan security personnel raided the offices of at least two pro-democracy NGOs including SA-based ActionAid, confiscating computers and other equipment
22 August 2019 - 17:04
Kampala — Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Uganda have been told to submit financial information including budgets and donor lists to the authorities, an official said on Thursday, in a move rights groups said was another attempt to muzzle criticism.
The government of veteran leader President Yoweri Museveni has long chafed at criticism by NGOs and others of reported excesses including corruption, torture, illegal detentions and extra-judicial killings...
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