Uganda deports MTN execs, cites national security - police

MTN’s Chief Marketing Officer, Olivier Prentout (L), Head of Sales and Distribution, Annie Bilenge Tabura(R). [Photo: Courtesy]

KAMPALA- Uganda has deported a French and a Rwandan executive from telecoms group MTN, accusing them of planning to compromise national security, while other employees were being investigated for alleged incitement to violence, police said on Tuesday.

MTN Uganda, the local unit of South African telecoms firm MTN Group, said its Chief Marketing Officer, Olivier Prentout, was detained at Entebbe airport on Saturday after returning from a business trip and then sent back to France.