Uganda's Financial Intelligence Authority the country's Anti-Money Laundering regulator has asked the government to create clear-cut cryptocurrency regulations.
The East African
Wednesday December 23 2020
Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority has been blocking the bank accounts of a few civil society organisations, suspected of financing terrorism. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA
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If the millions of unemployed youth cannot get jobs and can no longer access land to grow food, it does not take a professor of conflict studies to predict an explosion.
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Over the past couple of weeks, Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority has been blocking the bank accounts of a few civil society organisations, suspected of financing terrorism. I suppose we should be feeling very happy with FIA for saving us the fear of some terrorist blowing up the building we are in.
English By Halima Athumani Share on Facebook Print this page KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan rights activists are calling on authorities to release human rights lawyer Nicholas Opio, who was arrested Tuesday on allegations of money laundering. Supporters say Opio is being persecuted for his activism.
A group of lawyers and activists went to the Special Investigative Unit of the Ugandan police Wednesday to demand access to Opio and to ask police to release him.
Opio, who is executive director of Chapter Four Uganda, a human rights organization, was arrested Tuesday with two other colleagues at a restaurant in Kampala.
According to Chapter Four, Opio has been collecting evidence surrounding the killings and arrests that occurred during two days of protests in Uganda that began on November 18.