Uganda author, journalist charged with cyber stalking president
Mr Norman Tumuhimbise (right), the chief executive officer of Alternative Digitalk online television, and Ms Farida Bikobere (left), a television host, 27, denied the charge of cyber stalking charges contrary to Section 26 of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011.
Ugandan author and activist Norman Tumuhimbise and a female journalist have been charged with cyber-stalking the country's president, their lawyer told AFP Thursday, the second writer to be arrested by the authorities recently.
Tumuhimbise, who heads local pressure group The Alternative Movement and an online media platform Alternative Digitalk TV, was due to launch a book critical of President Yoweri Museveni on March 30.
