Former RCC Burora Anderson
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KAMPALA- The Uganda Police Force has said that the arrested former Resident City Commissioner- RCC of Rubaga Division Anderson Burora is being charged with hate speech and malicious misinformation.

On Monday night, Burora through his X handle posted that there were unknown men who had besieged his home and claimed that they wanted to go with him, before he was picked-up.

Now, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has confirmed the arrest of Burora stressing that he is detained at Kira-Road Police.

Onyango says Burora is facing two charges of hate speech and malicious information against the state, contrary to the 2022 misuse act.

Onyango explained that the suspect committed all the offenses using his X account (formerly known as twitter handle), and his file has been sanctioned by the DPP.

“These are legitimate crimes against the state, and we appeal to the general public to avoid involving in such crimes of maliciously using social media, but rather use it carefully without misinforming the public” Onyango said.

Burora was in mid-March suspended from Deputy Resident Cit Commissioner office for alleged continued violation of the Uganda Public Service standing orders 2021. He had started attacking the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among for being corrupt and shielding corruption in the 11th Parliament.

In the same reign, Burora turned his guns to the Inspectorate of Government Betty Kamya, accusing her of failing to execute her mandate, calling her to immediately resign for failure to fight corruption.

Recently, Burora had handed in his resignation letter to his bosses and said that he was not ready to take on any NRM job citing the increased rate of corruption among the party members.