No respite for the besieged Ugandan Speaker Anita Among

Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among. PHOTO | UGANDA PARLIAMENT PRESS TEAM

The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against five Uganda public officials, among them Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and former Deputy Chief of Defence Forces in a crackdown on corruption and human rights violation.

This comes just a month after the United Kingdom announced similar sanctions against the leader of the National Assembly and two ex-ministers.