Tabura: How I was bundled out of Uganda and sent home

Annie Tabura was the general manager for sales and distribution at MTN Uganda. Things changed on January 21, 2019. PHOTO | COURTESY

Before her appointment to work in Uganda in April 2018, Annie Tabura — who lived in DR Congo as a child and went to school in Kenya — had worked at MTN Rwanda for 17 years.

Last month, she left Uganda unceremoniously along with her colleagues, French national Olivier Prentout, who was the telecom’s chief marketing officer, and Italian Elsa Mussolini, the general manager for mobile money. They were sent home for alleged breach of national security and inciting violence.