Museveni pardons Red Pepper directors and editors, orders reopening

By Joseph Lubandi

Posted on January 24, 2018

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In a press statement released by Red Pepper directors following the Tuesday meeting with President Museveni at State House Entebbe. Museveni warned the directors and Editors to avoid reckless reporting that led to their closure. However, he ordered for the reopening of the premises.

“During the meeting, the President warned the directors and editors to stop being reckless and become more professional in the course of their reporting,” Arinaitwe Rugyendo one of the directors stated in a statement released on Wednesday morning.

“He promised to immediately order the police to vacate the Red Pepper head office at Namanve and return all confiscated electronic equipment to the staff, he added.

Red Pepper premises were sealed off, directors and editors arrested for publishing a story titled, “Museveni plans to overthrow Kagame” in November last year.