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Uganda: Besigye, Police in Jinja Standoff
Monitor, 26 February 2020
Police in Jinja are currently held up in a standoff with former FDC President, Dr Kizza Besigye after the opposition figure spent a night in the district. Read more »
After a long standoff, Ugandan police arrested former opposition leader Kizza Besigye. This follows a post by Bobi Wine on his twitter account that police shot into a crowd of supporters near his convoy, killing one person.
Police in Jinja block former FDC President Kizza Besigye at Sunset Hotel in Jinja where he spent the night ahead of a rally at Kazimingi market, behind the Taxi Park on February 26, 2020.
Uganda's Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has petitioned the country's electoral commission to intervene so he can resume public meetings for his 2021 ... Read more »
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. ... Read more »
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