UPDATE 1-Uganda deports MTN execs citing national security - police
The company said its Head of Sales and Distribution, Annie Bilenge Tabura, was arrested by security personnel as she arrived at its headquarters in Kampala on Monday morning, then deported to Rwanda. It did not comment directly on the police accusation, but said the company and all its employees were committed to respecting and operating within Ugandan laws. There was no immediate statement from either executive.
"MTN Uganda has not been officially notified of the grounds for Mr Prentout and Mrs Bilenge's arrests and deportation," MTN Group spokeswoman said in an emailed response to questions. Police said on Twitter that the pair were deported "over their engagements in acts which compromise national security." It did not go into further details on the charges.
Last year, MTN Uganda said government security personnel had raided its data centre and disconnected four of its servers. MTN Uganda has more than 10 million subscribers and competes chiefly with India's Bharti Airtel.
MTN's 20-year local licence expired in October. The firm applied for a 10-year extension and the Uganda Communications Commission gave it an interim renewal lasting 60-days pending resolution of a number of unspecified issues before a final license is issued. Ugandan authorities have said MTN has agreed to list its shares on Uganda's local bourse as a condition of renewing its licence, though the firm itself is yet to confirm this. (Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Aditional reporting by Nqobile Dludla in Johannesburg; Writing by Omar Mohammed Editing by Andrew Heavens and Keith Weir)
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