Karegeya’s daughter caught in Rwanda-Uganda passport fix

Published: 16/Jul/2012
Source: inyeneyrinews.org

The daughter of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the exiled former Rwandan spymaster, is stranded in Kampala after Kigali stripped her of citizenship and Uganda hurriedly withdrew an alternative passport a week after issuing it. Portia Mbabazi Karegeya, 23, told this newspaper in an interview last week that Ugandan Immigration officials at Entebbe airport confiscated her Rwandan passport when she flew in from Kigali on June 5.

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Themes: Dual Nationality, Loss and Deprivation of Nationality
Regions: East Africa, Rwanda, Uganda
Year: 2012