Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has suspended his earlier directive ordering the arrest of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda Managing Director Susan Nsibirwa, saying he had agreed to a request from former BBC journalist Allan Kasujja.
The development follows the shutdown of Nation Media Group’s media outlets, including NTV Uganda, Spark TV and the Daily Monitor, after security forces deployed at the company’s premises early Sunday.
In a series of posts on his X account, Gen Muhoozi accused Nsibirwa of causing what he described as “chaos” in the country and announced that security agencies were looking for her.
“I hear there is a small girl called ‘Sue’… We are looking for her. We will discipline her. She cannot cause chaos in our country,” he wrote.
The Chief of Defence Forces later escalated the matter by posting: “All police patrols are instructed to arrest her on sight!”
Hours later, however, Gen Muhoozi announced that he had put the arrest directive on hold, attributing the decision to a request from Allan Kasujja.
“My brother Allan Kasujja has asked me leave Sue to him. Okay, I always listen to my brothers. All police patrols are instructed to wait for my future instructions!” Gen Muhoozi posted.
The CDF did not provide further details on Kasujja’s request or explain what he meant by saying he would “leave Sue to him.”
Gen Muhoozi also claimed that the closure of Nation Media Group’s outlets was causing significant financial losses to the company.
“I hear both NTV and Daily Monitor are losing 5 million dollars a day from closure. That’s Good News for me,” he wrote.
The claims regarding the company’s reported financial losses have not been independently verified, and Nation Media Group Uganda had not publicly responded to Gen Muhoozi’s posts by the time of publication.
The Uganda Communications Commission has said it is preparing an official statement on the shutdown of the affected media houses.
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