Uganda's Bobi Wine Meets Election Body, Resumes Campaigning
Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as singer Bobi Wine, suspended election rallies in the Kayunga and Jinja districts, local newspaper The Independent reports. On December 1, 2020, his aide and a bodyguard were among those injured when police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse supporters in Kayunga. Kyagulanyi's car was shot at as he arrived in Jinja City for his second rally. The shootings occurred five days after the electoral commission urged the Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth Ochola, to stop blocking presidential candidates from campaigning. Kyagulanyi met with the Electoral Commission on December 2, and on December 3 tweeted that he would be campaigning in Kibuku, Budaka and Manafwa.
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Uganda:
Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine Finally Meets Election Commission
Independent (Kampala), 2 December 2020
National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is meeting the Chairperson and members of Electoral Commission. Read more »
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Uganda:
Candidates Under Army, Police Siege
Observer, 2 December 2020
In the first 21 days of presidential campaigns, opposition candidates and their supporters have stared defiantly into barrels of the gun, and at death every day, as hordes of armed… Read more »
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Uganda:
Bobi Wine Calls Off Election Campaigns Over Police Brutality
East African, 2 December 2020
Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, on Tuesday suspended his campaigns over "the continued [police] brutality and killing of his… Read more »
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Uganda:
Bobi Fears for Life, Calls Off Campaigns
Monitor, 2 December 2020
By Denis Edema Read more »
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Uganda:
Bobi Wine Guard, Supporters Injured in Running Battles With Security
Citizen, 1 December 2020
Several people, including a police guard attached to presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine have been injured as security operatives Tuesday fired teargas and… Read more »
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