Uganda: Police Ban Rallies for Pop Star Politician Bobi Wine

20 September 2018

Popular politician Bobi Wine will be met with a police escort and treason charges when he returns to Uganda. He was in the US for treatment of injuries he said were sustained while tortured by security forces.

Ugandan police said on Thursday that "unlawful rallies, processions, and assemblies" would not be allowed upon the return to the country of Kyagulanyi Ssentamu - also known as Bobi Wine.

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