{"id":31834,"date":"2021-04-24T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=31834"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:15:40","slug":"uganda-karitas-karisimbi-denied-ugandan-passport-for-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/uganda-karitas-karisimbi-denied-ugandan-passport-for-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Karitas Karisimbi Denied Ugandan Passport for 10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pf-content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">In 2001, socialite Karitas Karisimbi, asked a close friend who was working under former army commander, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, to help her obtain a passport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Karitas, a Ugandan of Rwandan origin, was planning a trip to South Africa to cover Miss World 2001 for the defunct WBS TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">\u201cThe process was quick. I met the official at Athena club in Kololo. He advised me on signing the passport application forms. I got my passport that same day. I never had any issues,\u201d Karitas recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Karitas, who had hit Uganda TV in 2000 as a sizzling host of then famous `Show time magazine\u2019 on WBS TV., traveled extensively using the Ugandan passport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Karitas would turn heads at social functions as the press pursued her for the hottest celebrity gossip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf-delete\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">His citizenship had never been questioned considering she was born at Mulago National Referral Hospital to Rwandan parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/chimpreports.com\/exclusive-karitas-karisimbi-denied-ugandan-passport-for-10-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/chimpreports.com\/exclusive-karitas-karisimbi-denied-ugandan-passport-for-10-years\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2001, socialite Karitas Karisimbi, asked a close friend who was working under former army commander, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, to help her obtain a passport. Karitas, a Ugandan of Rwandan origin, was planning a trip to South Africa to cover Miss World 2001 for the defunct WBS TV. \u201cThe process was quick. 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