Rukirabashaija was arrested again on September 18, 2020, at his home in Iganga District, eastern Uganda. He was charged with the offence of вЂdoing an act likely to spread the infection of disease.вЂ™ After failure of the state to appear before court to argue the case, a Chief MagistrateвЂ™s Court dismissed the case and discharged Rukirabashaija. But can Kayibanda be as gracious to his new country as it has been to him? Can he overcome his profoundly flawed nature, which appears to be hereditary? No-show accuserДЄccording PEN International, Rukirabashaija was arrested on April 13, 2020, on charges related to Covid-19, but interrogated about the contents of his novel. The country gives them sanctuary, the natives show them kindness and local spirits do the miraculous on their behalf. The story revolves around Bekunda and her toddler son, Kayibanda, who cross an international border, in dire straits, and desperately need sanctuary. The Greedy Barbarian takes on themes of high-level corruption in a fictional place called Buregyeya, and was self-published in 2020. The International Writer of Courage award is part of the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize, awarded to an author deemed to have fulfilled Harold PinterвЂ™s aspiration to вЂњdefine the real truth of our lives and our societies.вЂќДangarembga chose Rukirabashaija as an author who is active in defence of freedom of expression, often at great risk to their own safety and liberty, with whom she will share her prize.

Rukirabashaija was chosen by Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga, award-winning and this yearвЂ™s PEN Pinter Prize winner novelist, playwright, filmmaker and activist. Ugandan journalist and novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was imprisoned and tortured by security agents for his book The Greedy Barbarian, has won the 2021 International Writer of Courage award.

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