Reporters without Boundaries, (RSF), a global organization that deals with the rights of journalists has implored the Uganda Police to investigate circumstances under which the EagleOnline offices were broken into.
“RSF urges Police to shed the light on the burglary of Eagle Online in Uganda,” the organization wrote on its Twitter handle.
On Monday this week the EagleOnline workers arrived to a ransacked and broken-into office, only to discover that thugs, who accessed the offices after smashing the glass-paned door at the back, had stolen two laptops, one belonging to Senior Investigative Reporter Richard Wanambwa.
That break-in was reported to Ntinda Police Station on Monday but since then work at the offices has been slowed down as reporters await a Scene-of-Crime Officer (SOCO) to come and set investigations in motion.
Started about three years ago, The EagleOnline is one of Uganda’s fastest-growing news websites.
