Wednesday, June 24,
2026 - Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni’s son, General Muhoozi
Kainerugaba, has publicly claimed responsibility for blocking Kenyan lawyer and
politician, Martha Karua, from entering the country.
In a social media post on Tuesday, June 23rd,
Muhoozi announced that he personally ordered Karua’s deportation and ban from
Uganda, distancing his father from the controversial decision.
“Do not blame my great father for this decision. I deported
her myself. She’s no longer allowed in our country,” Muhoozi wrote.
However, Karua, who has long been at loggerheads with the
Museveni administration, has threatened legal action against Ugandan
immigration officers.
She accused Ugandan immigration officers of unlawfully
confiscating her two mobile phones after denying her entry at Entebbe
International Airport.
Speaking after the ordeal, she recounted confronting the
Principal Immigration Officer over what she described as bullying tactics.
“They snatched the first phone and left me in a room with a
lady.”
“When I pulled out my second phone, another officer grabbed
it,” Karua narrated.
She said the devices were withheld for nearly three and a
half hours before one officer attempted to return them as she boarded a Kenya
Airways flight back to Nairobi.
Karua refused to accept the phones, insisting that they had
been compromised.
“After three and a half hours, I knew they had already mined
information from my phone.”
“I also don’t know what they may have spread on it, which
could be harmful. I just said I can’t take the phones and left them with them,
but I will be suing,” she declared.
Karua’s strained relationship with Kampala stems partly from
her role as one of the lawyers representing veteran Ugandan opposition leader,
Kizza Besigye, who is currently incarcerated after being arrested and deported
from Kenya.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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