Canada has expelled Uganda’s High Commissioner Joy Ruth Acheng, accusing her of breaching the diplomatic code of conduct. Acheng has served as Uganda’s High Commissioner to Canada since September 2017. Commonwealth countries appoint high commissioners to each other rather than ambassadors, but the title confers the same rank. The envoy was declared “persona non grata” on August 21, just a week after the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, in which Acheng is seen confronting NUP protestors in Toronto, Canada, while wearing the ruling party colours. Kyagulanyi accused Acheng of openly engaging in partisan politics in Canada.