๐จ According to reports, investigative journalist Solomon Sserwanja was arrested over the weekend by plainclothes security officers in Kira Municipality while he was heading home. Sserwanja serves as executive director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism.
In March, the Financial Intelligence Authority froze the bank accounts of his organization over suspected money laundering and undisclosed foreign funding. Reports indicate that his group and another organization handled transactions worth over 70 billion shillings in recent years without clear explanations.
Civil society organizations have since gone to police headquarters seeking information. The authorities have not issued any official statement on the matter yet.
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