 The magistrate said Edward Owebwe deserved a six-year sentence so that he would learn a lesson. President Yoweri Museveni had already been in power for around 14 years when Mr Owebwe was born. The young TikToker is not the first Ugandan to learn the hard way that there are limits when it comes to freedom of speech in his country. Two years ago, a writer said he'd been tortured in custody for insulting the first family, and the activist Stella Nyanzi spent time in prison after publishing a poem criticising Mr Museveni. World News from the BBC.