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Ugandan TV station banned from covering presidential events after showing Museveni 'sleeping'

Ugandan TV station banned from covering presidential events after showing Museveni 'sleeping'
Uganga's President Yoweri Museveni.

Kampala, Uganda: Uganda's government on Wednesday banned one of the country's main television stations from covering presidential events after it aired images which it said showed President Yoweri Museveni having a snooze in parliament.

"The president has habits, he meditates and they know it, and still they go out and say he was sleeping," government media centre manager Dennis Katungi told AFP.

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