Monitor, Red Pepper Under Seige.

By Arinaitwe Elsa                                                                                                                                      Is freedom of expression a fundamental right in Uganda? Yes but clearly it comes with terms and conditions. It has been eight days, since the siege and occupation of Monitor publications even after the court ordered for the men in uniform to leave

Red Pepper is also still under siege and seeking court intervention to compel the armed police to vacate their Namanve offices

 Mr Alex Asiimwe, the Monitor Publications Managing Director, said on Monday that discussions around the matter (closure) are now going on "at the highest level possible."

 “We are not yet opened,” Mr Asiimwe said; “but by close of business today or tomorrow we would have gotten an idea of when we will resume our normal operations.”  He said: “As per now I do not have clear timelines but engagements with authorities are progressing.”

On Monday last week, gun wielding policemen raided Monitor publications stopping operations of the publication.They also shut down Ddembe and Kfm which are also housed in the premises.
The police instead of sticking to their search warrant shut down the premises. They had a search warrant to search for a letter written by General Sejusa Tinyefunza the Coordinator of Intelligence Services, alleging that there was a plot to eliminate top government figures who are opposed to the "Muhoozi Project."

This letter written to the Director General of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col Ronnie Balya alleged that those opposed to the take over of the presidency of Mr. Museveni by his son Muhoozi would be assassinated

As referenced from.
 Ismail Musa Ladu
iladu@ug.nationmedia.com
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Monitor--Red-Pepper-premises-still-under-police-occupation/-/688334/1864064/-/vadaou/-/index.html