At least 60 arrested in Uganda anti-government protests

Ugandan security forces have arrested at least 60 people including a prominent TV presenter during a banned anti-corruption protests in the capital, Kampala.

Lawyers said around 60 people were hurriedly brought before courts and remanded in custody following a march on the country’s parliament on Tuesday.

Famous television and radio presenter Faiza Salima was among those arrested.

President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for almost four decades, had warned before the event that protesters were “playing with fire”.

The march, inspired by the Kenyan model, was organized on social media amid anger over long-standing corruption allegations involving several senior officials.