Uganda deploys army, police as Gen-Z protests spread

Bobi Wine.

National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, addresses the press on February 22, 2021. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI

Ugandan police deployed heavily around Kampala City on Monday to forestall planned protests by the youth against corruption in government.

In what reflects methods used by their counterparts in Kenya, where the youth, popularly referred to as Gen-Z, pushed President William Ruto to drop the controversial Finance Bill, 2024 and sack the Cabinet, the Ugandans have been mobilising online, particularly on social media.