Red Pepper Banned from Publishing Mama Fiina’s Nude Pictures

Red Pepper and sister paper, Kamunye have been banned from publishing any more nude pictures of Maama Fiina by court.
The court reached the decision after Hajji Ismail Ssekidde, the husband to Sylvia Namutebi aka Maama Fiina dragged Red Pepper and Kamunye accusing them of constantly publishing his wife’s nude pictures.
Hajj Ssekidde through his lawyer, Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde of Web Advocates & Solicitors filed the case in High Court yesterday. Ssemakadde said these publications infringed his human rights and freedoms protected by laws of Uganda.
A temporary injunction was secured banning the two tabloids from further publications. “The applicant seeks a declaration that the information, photographs and other materials for the respondents’ publications complained of in this application were gathered and disseminated without following proper journalistic ethics and standards and in contravention of the Press and Journalists Act, Cap. 105,” the plaint reads in part.
Ssekidde and Maama Fiina have ten children, six of whom are minors. He wants shs 20bn compensation. “The photographs and articles in question concern my wife in uncovered and relaxed position in what clearly is a private setting – a bed room – where  peeping Toms, snoops and voyeurs should not be… the photographs were  published to harass and embarrass my wife and destabilize our marriage,” Ssekidde states.
He says the photographs and articles are unpleasant not only to the couple but also their children, family, friends and relatives. “The applicant shall also prove that the respondents threaten and intend to continue publishing the photographs and articles complained of in the forthcoming issues of their tabloid newspapers unless they are restricted from doing so by this honourable court,” the plaint adds.
Besides compensation, Ssekidde also wants the tabloids to not only disclose their source of the photographs but also destroy them all.
“The Applicant also seeks an order directing the Media Council and the Broadcasting Council to take swift and severe disciplinary action against the aforesaid persons,” the plaint goes on.