Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says there should be a "crackdown" on people who "are misemploying" social media.
In a speech during the swearing-in of government ministers, Mr Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, said:
Another problem we need to solve – I don’t think it is a security problem but it is an idiotic problem – [is] the social media.
Social media apparently has been saying that ‘Museveni is dead’. So the security service needs also to solve that problem. I need to check with them to locate quickly the one who tells such a story because you waste people’s time. Social media apparently has been saying that ‘Museveni is dead’. So the security service needs also to solve that problem. I need to check with them to locate quickly the one who tells such a story because you waste people’s time.