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  • 2022-09-27 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Ugandan president Museveni didn’t tweet announcement of his brother’s death (en)
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  • IN SHORT : Social media may have declared him dead but Salim Saleh, the brother of Uganda’s long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni, is very much alive and has been seen at his daughter’s wedding. A screenshot of what seems to be a tweet by Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni announcing the death of his brother, general Salim Saleh, has been making the rounds on Facebook . It reads :Countrymen and Countrywomen, family, friends and the entire NRM-NRA-UPDF fraternity. With deep sorrow, I announce the death of my brother General Salim Saleh Akandwanaho which occurred at 10:29pm this evening in Nairobi, from organ failure. It’s dated 14 September 2022. The NRM, or National Resistance Movement , has ruled Uganda since 1986. Saleh, born Caleb Akandwanaho, is a retired Ugandan military officer who served in the Uganda People’s Defence Force . But did Museveni really tweet that his brother had died? Hints the tweet is fake An advanced Twitter search for the tweet returned no results. We could not find the tweet on Museveni’s Twitter timeline either. Also, the screenshot tweet shows the timestamp as 11:15pm. When you view a tweet on your own Twitter feed or someone’s timeline, the time appears as 11:15 PM. The full stop after the timestamp and date of the supposed Museveni tweet is also inconsistent with what we see in a legit tweet. Days after 14 September, the date on the tweet, Saleh made a public appearance at his daughter’s wedding. (en)
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