Rwanda state minister for Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe has accused Uganda of criminalizing Rwandans living and working in Uganda.
In a tweet on his handle (@onduhungirehe), Nduhungirehe said Uganda is instead becoming a haven for Rwandans dissidents, who are plotting against their country.
"Apparently, walking and working in #Uganda while Rwandan has become a crime. The only activities allowed for Rwandans in Uganda seem to be plotting against their country, training forces for the #RNC/#P5 and denouncing fellow Rwandans. This provocation will stop at some point," Nduhungirehe tweeted.
The minister's protest statement comes a day after Uganda deported a Rwandan national, Annie Bilenge Tabura, the MTN Uganda's head of sales and distribution, together with Olivier Prentout, the MTN chief marketing officer, a French citizen and the head of mobile finance services Elsa Mussolini, an Italian national.
In a tweet on his handle (@onduhungirehe), Nduhungirehe said Uganda is instead becoming a haven for Rwandans dissidents, who are plotting against their country.
"Apparently, walking and working in #Uganda while Rwandan has become a crime. The only activities allowed for Rwandans in Uganda seem to be plotting against their country, training forces for the #RNC/#P5 and denouncing fellow Rwandans. This provocation will stop at some point," Nduhungirehe tweeted.
The minister's protest statement comes a day after Uganda deported a Rwandan national, Annie Bilenge Tabura, the MTN Uganda's head of sales and distribution, together with Olivier Prentout, the MTN chief marketing officer, a French citizen and the head of mobile finance services Elsa Mussolini, an Italian national.
In her statement issued on Tuesday, the deputy police spokesperson, Polly Namaye, said the Tabura and Prentout were involved in activities that comprise national security.
"We strongly believe that the deportation of the two foreigners, who were using their employment tools to achieve their ill motives, has enabled us disrupt their intended plans of compromising our national security," Namaye said.
"We strongly believe that the deportation of the two foreigners, who were using their employment tools to achieve their ill motives, has enabled us disrupt their intended plans of compromising our national security," Namaye said.
Mussolini was deported several hours after more than four hours grilling by the police in Kireka. Mussolini is reportedly accused of inciting violence through mobile money services. She's reportedly accused of offering a mobile money platform for Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine's People Power political movement. Bobi Wine is the latest opposition politician to attempt to bring an end to President Yoweri Museveni's 33-year rule.
Rwanda has on numerous occasions accused Uganda of becoming a home for dissidents planning rebellious activities. Rwanda has been saying Uganda gives refugees status to such people who harbour criminal intentions.
The Rwanda National Congress (RNC), which Nduhungirehe referred to, is a political group that Kigali government has branded as "rebels."
While P5, is a coalition of Rwandan opposition political organisations including the Amahoro People's Congress (Amahoro-PC), the Forces démocratiques unifées-Inkingi (FDU Ikingi), the People's Defence Pact-Imanzi (PDP-Imanzi), the Social Party-Imberakuri (PS Imerakuri) and the Rwanda National Congress (RNC).
P5 is linked to Rwanda's former military chief, Kayumba Nyamwasa who is currently living in exile in South Africa. The UN Security Council in December said P5 had started recruiting combatants in South Kivu with local and external support from Burundi, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda has on numerous occasions accused Uganda of becoming a home for dissidents planning rebellious activities. Rwanda has been saying Uganda gives refugees status to such people who harbour criminal intentions.
The Rwanda National Congress (RNC), which Nduhungirehe referred to, is a political group that Kigali government has branded as "rebels."
While P5, is a coalition of Rwandan opposition political organisations including the Amahoro People's Congress (Amahoro-PC), the Forces démocratiques unifées-Inkingi (FDU Ikingi), the People's Defence Pact-Imanzi (PDP-Imanzi), the Social Party-Imberakuri (PS Imerakuri) and the Rwanda National Congress (RNC).
P5 is linked to Rwanda's former military chief, Kayumba Nyamwasa who is currently living in exile in South Africa. The UN Security Council in December said P5 had started recruiting combatants in South Kivu with local and external support from Burundi, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Nduhungirehe further tweeted when engaged by ruling party lawyer, Hussein Kashillingi saying; "All (with many others) arrested with no familiar or consular access, many still held incommunicado, those released presenting signs of torture and injection of unknown substances."
Kashillingi had tweeted "A Rwandan, Frenchman and Italian were deported. Why are you making this a Rwanda-Uganda issue? Are you tweeting this in official capacity as the position of Rwanda or you’re speaking as an ordinary Rwandan (which you are not )?"