A video of a woman disrupting a meeting attended by Uganda's finance minister has been widely shared on Twitter.

Identified as Nalongo Nana, a businesswoman in the capital, Kampala, she was recorded grabbing a microphone and berating the attendees who were discussing the country's tax policy.

She was especially irked after Fred Bamwine, a representative of President Yoweri Museveni at the meeting, said that leaders were supposed to be taken care of by the citizens and not the other way round, Daily Monitor reports.

“Do you people think that we have no feelings. Are we not human beings?” she said.

“I came here after watching somebody who is a leader saying that we are supposed to take care of them. So who will take care of us?”

Many people approved of a tweet praising Ms Nana's antics as depicting growing courage among Ugandans to confront state officials.

Ms Nana addressed the room for 7-10 minutes before handing back the microphone and leaving the room, according to the Daily Monitor.

Finance Minister David Bahati later apologised on behalf of Mr Bamwine:

“He should withdraw that statement because that is not how it is supposed to be. Leaders are supposed to serve and not the other way round.”