General Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders the closure of major independent outlets, including Daily Monitor, NTV and other Nation Media Group channels, and stations soldiers outside newsrooms in Kampala, blocking access and taking broadcasts off air.Muhoozi, son of President Yoweri Museveni who is expected to succeed him, posts on social media that he rejects a free press, demands that media follow revolutionary cadres and asserts a power he says dates to 2017.Human rights and press groups, including the Committee to Protect Journalists and
Reporters Without Borders and the National Association of Broadcasters, condemn the closures and cite prior arrests of opposition figures such as
Kizza Besigye while the
United Nations had criticized the election environment earlier this year.