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Uganda President Museveni calls journalists 'parasites'

By Mutala Yakubu
Uganda President Museveni calls  journalists 'parasites'
Uganda President Museveni calls journalists 'parasites'
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A video clip of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni berating a local reporter during Monday's press conference about his government's fight against corruption is being shared online.


"You parasites. You go misrepresenting our work. You don't have that right. You have to report the truth. You better watch out. Your games are over," Mr Museveni told the NBS TV journalist Joseph Sabiti as he prepared to ask him a question.

Mr Sabiti defended the TV station, saying "it is loyal to Uganda" but Mr Museveni dismissed him.

Mr Museveni said at the event that the country’s powerful Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa is under investigation over allegations he took a $500,000 (£396,000) bribe from former Hong Kong minister, Patrick Ho Chi-ping, who was found guilty in the US for bribery and money-laundering counts.

He was found to have offered millions of dollars to African officials for oil rights in Chad and Uganda.

Mr Museveni said Mr Kutesa had told him that the amount he was given was for a charity.

Source: bbc