Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s twitter account has Monday evening been disabled by the internet giant.
It remains unclear why the big tech made the decision considering that the army chief had not published content that violates Twitter Policy in past.
Before the account was expunged, Muhoozi tweeted, “To all revolutionaries, all fighters for truth, justice and an egalitarian world! I hear that some of us small voices for the billions of voiceless have been targeted by Big Tech for silencing. No worries! The undeniable truth of the oppressed masses shall always win!” the Commander of UPDF Land Forces tweeted hours before the deletion.
By the time of removal, he had garnered over 540,000 followers making him one of the very few government officials with a huge following.
A section of his followers who learned about the ‘purge’ immediately took to social media to condemn the actions of the big tech.
It has since become a subject of online debate on Monday evening.
Last year as the country prepared for elections internet giants, Facebook and Twitter deleted over 1000 accounts of those perceived as NRM supporters.
In response government blocked access of the two platforms but would later lift ban on Twitter.
Until today Facebook remains inaccessible.
