Tag: bobi wine
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Ugandan main opposition leader, Bobi Wine arrested again
Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine was arrested Monday while leading a protest against the detention of many of his supporters in the aftermath of a presidential election. Police arrested Wine near a public square in the capital and then drove him back to his home outside Kampala. “His home is now surrounded by police and…
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Uganda: Bobi Wine withdraws suit challenging Museveni’s sixth term election victory
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, said on Monday he was withdrawing his case over election fraud from the country’s highest court, media reported. The singer-turned-politician ran as against longtime incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the January election. The country’s electoral commission declared Museveni won a sixth term with over 58…
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Bobi Wine And The Old African Brew – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene After the presidential election in Uganda, it dawned on me that there are two people in the country who don’t fear President Yoweri Museveni: one is his tailor, and the other is his political rival, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously called Bobi Wine. Museveni’s tailor makes his suits in complete disregard of tailoring…
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Uganda poll: Falana intervenes, drags Museveni to UN over Bobi Wine’s detention
Popular human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has filed a complaint at the United Nations against Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, for illegally detaining his main opponent in the recently concluded Presidential election, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Falana said in a statement on Tuesday that Bobi Wine had been denied access to his lawyers…
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BREAKING: Uganda opposition candidate declares self president-elect
Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine has rejected the results of the Uganda 14th January 2021 presidential election and called himself President-elect. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Bobi Wine was addressing a press conference at his Kampala abode on Friday when he said the election is the worst in the history of Uganda. He described early…
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Uganda Presidential Candidate, Bobi Wine, wife’s phones allegedly blocked
Uganda presidential hopeful, Bobi Wine, has alleged that his phone line and that of his wife were ‘blocked’ and they were unable to receive or make calls. Wine disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday evening. “Like my wife’s, my phone has been blocked and I am unable to recieve or make regular calls. I…
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President Museveni bares fangs, sends Uganda army to raid home of presidential challenger
Long serving Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni has unleashed Ugandan army on the home of a presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, arresting everyone on sight, including private guards, the candidate said on Tuesday. “The army has arrested all my security guards and everyone they could see around my premises. No reason was given for the arrest. Such…
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Ugandan pop star, Bobi Wine re-arrested over seeking treatment abroad
Ugandan singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, was being held at a government hospital Friday after being rearrested while trying to seek medical treatment abroad. Kyagulanyi — who faces treason charges alongside 32 others after President Yoweri Museveni’s car window was allegedly broken by a tossed stone — was released on bail…