UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni has warned his country’s youth planning anti-corruption protests that they were “playing with fire.”

Some youths in Uganda have taken to social media to protest against the growing corruption in the country, planning to stage an anti-corruption march to the nation’s parliament on Tuesday, July 23.

In a televised address on NBS TV, Uganda, Museveni warned the protest organisers to avoid the temptation of bringing chaos to the country.

“We are busy producing wealth, and you here want to disturb us. You are playing with fire because we cannot allow you to disturb us,” he said.

The Police had said they would not allow the march to be held when parliament opens.

Meanwhile, speaking with newsmen, one of those planning the protest, Louez Aloikin Opolose, said nothing would stop them.

“We don’t need police permission to carry out a peaceful demonstration. It is our constitutional right,” he said.

Yoweri Museveni has been the president of Uganda since 1986 and is the longest-serving president of the country.

Some African nations have recently been hit by nationwide protests against economic hardship and bad governance

The ICIR reported how Kenyans, for weeks, took to the streets to protest against the Finance Bill, putting pressure on the President, William Ruto, to refrain from signing it into law.

In Nigeria, there are plans by some youths to protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the hardship occasioned by his government’s policies.