Former RCC Burora Spends Night at CPS, Charged With Promoting Hate Speech 

Former Resident City Commissioner (RCC) for Rubaga Division, Anderson Burora has spent a night at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS). 

Burora is facing charges of spreading hate speech and malicious information.

The Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango on Tuesday confirmed Burora’s arrest saying he was arrested from his home in Kira on Monday night.

“Andreson Burora was arrested on a sanctioned file on charges of hate speech and malicious information under the Computer Misuse Act as amended 2022. He did this using different social media platforms, especially his X handle,” Onyango said.
On Monday night, Burora posted on X, formerly Twitter, that unknown men had besieged his home in Kampala demanding he goes with them.

He spent the rest of the hours of the night at Kira Division Police Station before he was transferred to the Central Police Station in Kampala on Tuesday afternoon.

Reliable sources has confirmed that Burora is being investigated by parliamentary police on charges preferred to him by the Speaker of the Parliament, Anita Annet Among.

The spokesperson for police in Kampala said Burora had on several occasions used his social media platforms to promote hate speech but also share malicious information against several individuals and government entities.

He said the former deputy RCC will have to answer these charges in courts of law.

“These are illegitimate crimes against the state that he must answer charges for.”

Onyango urged Ugandans to use social media for development and not for hate speech.

The vocal former presidential appointee gained notoriety for his criticism of the government he served, leading to his suspension and indictment earlier this year.

Burora blamed his woes on Speaker Anita Among.

Recently, he had turned from open criticism to sarcastic postings about the Speaker.

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