Ugandan Police Admit Errors in Bobi Wine Crackdown
Police have admitted to misreading the law and violently breaking up consultative meetings of presidential hopeful and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine. Despite being cleared by the Electoral Commission on December 20 to hold consultative meetings, the police cordoned off the venue and had violent clashes with his supporters.
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Uganda:
Police Admit Errors in Bobi Wine Crackdown
Monitor, 10 January 2020
Police have admitted they made mistakes in misreading the law and violently breaking up consultative meetings of presidential aspirant and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias… Read more »
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Uganda:
Another Bobi Wine Consultation Meeting Blocked in Gulu
Monitor, 7 January 2020
Police in Aswa Region on Tuesday blocked Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi's planned consultation meeting ahead of 2021 presidential elections. Read more »
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Uganda:
Bobi Wine Meets Police Over Stand-Off
East African, 11 January 2020
The Uganda police will meet with presidential aspirants to agree on the terms in which the politicians will hold public consultations with their supporters. Read more »
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Uganda:
Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Teargassed, Arrested
VOA, 7 January 2020
Ugandan musician and opposition legislator Robert Kyagulanyi, best known by his stage name Bobi Wine, was arrested Monday while holding a public meeting in preparation for his… Read more »
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Uganda:
Journalist Arrested Over Bobi Wine Narrates His Ordeal
Monitor, 9 January 2020
A journalist, who was arrested while covering events that followed the incarceration of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has said he faced a rough time in… Read more »
InFocus
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Ugandan police are yet to explain why they arrested People Power movement leader, Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine and several leaders of the group. The police allegedly ... Read more »