Uganda’s State House plans strategy to shield religious leaders from online attacks
Uganda's State House and the Inter-Religious Council are drawing up a joint plan to curb public attacks on religious leaders. The move follows an online row between businessman Frank Gashumba and Pastor Robert Kayanja, Nile Post reports.
Uganda's State House and the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda are planning a joint strategy against what officials call the growing public humiliation of religious leaders, Nile Post reported. The plan follows a recent online dispute between businessman Frank Gashumba and Pastor Robert Kayanja. Joseph Mukasa Ssevawa, the Presidential Special Envoy on Buganda Affairs, announced the plan at a press conference in Kampala. He said it was time to create ways of handling grievances against religious leaders without turning them into public fights on social media. Ssevawa said people with complaints should use established institutions instead of attacking clerics online. He listed possible channels: the Inter-Religious Council, the Born Again Faith Federation, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Uganda Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity. He named Gashumba directly. According to Nile Post, Ssevawa said that if Gashumba has issues with a religious leader, he…
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