Samson Kasumba, the news anchor of NBSTV has been grilled over his alleged links with Rwanda government, TrumpetNews has exclusively established.
Kasumba was arrested on Monday night outside NBS premises as he headed home after anchoring news bulletin along with Sheila Nduhukire.
Kasumba was arrested by operatives of Military Intelligence (CMI) who later handed him over to police and Kira Road for detention.
On Tuesday morning he was rushed to his home for a police search.
TrumpetNews, earlier established that Kasumba had been detained over social media posts related to Coronavirus in which he is perceived as challenging Ministry of Health on the 38 patients who have far recovered fully and have been discharged.
However, a top shot in security who wished to remain unnamed told TrumpetNews that for a long time, “we have been monitoring Kasumba and how he uses his social media. His posts are completely undermining the government of Uganda.”
This official who sounded angry further revealed that, “we know how Kasumba got a job at NBS.”
He alleges that, “Kasumba was later recruited to by a known Rwandan apologist whose job was to furnish Rwanda government with good PR.”
When Uganda and Rwanda developed frosty relations, this official told TrumpetNews that efforts were made to question all those perceived as Rwanda defenders to stop “because things had ran out hand.”
This official tells TrumpetNews that however, they were shocked to always learn of “Kasumba’s questionable behavior on Social Media.”
Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga told the media on Tuesday that they are holding Samson for “alleged subversive activities”.
Enanga added that “arrest is not in any way related to his journalistic work”.
He said they are using Kasumba to lead them to “search various places of interest in relation to the investigation against him and various other persons”