{"id":58817,"date":"2022-09-22T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=58817"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:34:59","slug":"computer-misuse-act-is-targeting-us-bobi-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/computer-misuse-act-is-targeting-us-bobi-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Misuse Act is targeting us &#8211;\u00a0Bobi Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Normal\">National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has come out to comment on the\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">Computer Misuse Act, describing it as a government tool to curtail free speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Kyagulanyi made the revelation while appearing on NTV\u2019s\u00a0<em>Morning at NTV<\/em>\u00a0show on Thursday, September 22. According to Bobi Wine,\u00a0<\/span>Kampala Central MP,\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">Muhammad Nsereko who tabled the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, will be the first victim of the Computer Misuse Act that he is trying to promote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u201cThat Nsereko Bill that you call the Computer Misuse Act is targeting us. The regime is trying to make sure people have no free speech. The Constitution is against that law because it mandates our free speech,\u201d Bobi Wine said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">On September 8, 2022, the Parliament of Uganda passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022 targeting critical voices online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Among other things, Bobi Wine also talked about the East African Crude Oil Pipe Line (EACOP) and why NUP has resolved to back EU\u2019s move to delay the project. The former Kyadondo East legislator noted that Ugandans would be in trouble if President Museveni got the oil money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u201cDo you know the trouble Ugandans would be in if Gen. Museveni got that oil money? Do you know that all these countries that have descended into political monarchs are using oil wealth?\u201d Bobi Wine asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">While addressing the press at NUP head offices in Kamwokya on Wednesday, the singer-turned politician announced that they (NUP) are in total support of EU parliament\u2019s move to delay the project. His party decision was followed by mixed reactions from Ugandans, with some branding him \u201cselfish\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u201cYou are such a selfish whiner. You don\u2019t think about the local people the locals who have been earning from the pipeline. The East African locals will never forget you. You are a hater of the African progress you only care about your family,\u201d Twitter user, Mikolo Gorbachev commented on Bobi Wine\u2019s tweet about the presser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u201cI&#8217;ve been a bit disappointed with you choosing this direction yet you&#8217;re purely Ugandan. Information is power. Ask all your questions, the doors are open for you at @UNOC_UG , @PAU_Uganda , @TotalEnergiesUG , @CNOOCUgandaLtd . Stand with us, support us,\u201d Bugembe Mark Trevor (@bugembetrevor) commented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">However, some Ugandans have supported Bobi Wine&#8217;s statement on the EACOP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The project only benefits a certain category of people not the country at large,&#8221; Twitter user @leftsidenorth commented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has come out to comment on the\u00a0Computer Misuse Act, describing it as a government tool to curtail free speech. Kyagulanyi made the revelation while appearing on NTV\u2019s\u00a0Morning at NTV\u00a0show on Thursday, September 22. According to Bobi Wine,\u00a0Kampala Central MP,\u00a0Muhammad Nsereko who tabled the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, will be the first victim of the Computer Misuse Act that he is trying to promote. \u201cThat Nsereko Bill that you call the Computer Misuse Act is targeting us. The regime is trying to make sure people have no free speech. The Constitution is against that law because it mandates our free speech,\u201d Bobi Wine said. 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