Man arrested over defacing Museveni campaign poster
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said Isaac Nsubuga, a resident of Lubya parish, Rubaga Division in Kampala District, was arrested by Old Kampala Police officers.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed that the suspects will be charged under section 80 of the Presidential Elections Act. (File photo)
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Police on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, said they had arrested a 30-year-old man over allegedly defacing President Yoweri Museveni's campaign posters.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said Isaac Nsubuga, a resident of Lubya parish, Rubaga Division in Kampala District, was arrested by Old Kampala Police officers.
“A video clip trending on social media on September 22, 2025, showed the suspect defacing the posters. Police analysed the video, identified the suspect, and dispatched a team to apprehend him. Nsubuga was arrested, and some of the defaced posters were recovered from him. Residents reported that he had promised to remove all the President's posters from the village, which were indeed found plucked off the walls,” Onyango said.
He revealed that the suspects will be charged under section 80 of the Presidential Elections Act.
The section reads: Any person who without lawful excuse, destroys, mutilates, defaces, or removes any notice which is exhibited under the authority of this Act or any document which is made available for inspection under any provision of this Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
In July this year, 15 National Unity Platform (NUP) members were charged and remanded to Luzira Prison after allegedly defacing election posters of President Museveni in Busega Kibumbiro Zone, Rubaga division.
The suspects, who include businesspeople, electricians and bodaboda riders, were presented before court on charges of “defacement of notices and posters contrary to Section 78(2) of the Presidential Elections Act.”
The charge sheet, signed by detective Harriet Kusiima and sanctioned by a magistrate, states that the offence took place in the run-up to a planned visit to Kampala by the President.
Those charged include Sande Ddamba, Junior Amanya, Marvin Sendago, Moses Rwanguhayo, George Mukoza, Akram Ssenkumba, Diriisa Kintu, Alfred Kato, Vincent Kizito, Abdul Tamale, Ali Mweseiga, Peter Nsamba, Alex Kasagga, Fred Bisimugu, and Charles Lukyamuzi.