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Bobi Wine

Uganda opposition leader arrested in anti-Museveni protest

Published 16 Mar, 2021 05:15pm

Following the January 14 election, Wine was held under effective house arrest for 11 days until a court ordered his release.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 04:37pm

Following the January 14 election, Wine was held under effective house arrest for 11 days until a court ordered his release.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 05:46pm

Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.
"We have decided to withdraw from their court," Wine told a news conference in the capital Kampala. "The courts are not independent, it is clear these people (judges) are working for Mr. Museveni."

Published 01 Feb, 2021 07:18pm

Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.
"We want the poll cancelled and repeated," said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP).

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:40pm

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a legal challenge in the country’s supreme court on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of last month’s presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer said.
The former guerrilla leader, who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 vote with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 04:18pm

Ugandan troops have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, ending his house arrest since the 14th of January.
With the vote behind him and fraud claims by Wine failing to gain significant traction, Museveni appears to be calculating that he can mollify pressure from Western allies to free his rival without significant risk to his power base.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 08:02pm

US Ambassador Natalie Brown on Monday tried to meet with Wine -- whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi -- and was met with a line of police officers clad in riot gear who turned her away.

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:40pm

Uganda’s government spokesman accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to subvert last week’s presidential elections after the U.S. ambassador attempted to visit an opposition leader being held under house arrest.
The sharp, public rebuke to the United States from the Ugandan government is relatively unusual as the two nations are allies.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:12am

She condemned attacks on political candidates, and said the State Department is "gravely concerned by harassment of and continued threats to civil society."

Published 17 Jan, 2021 10:56am

Tibor Nagy, the top US diplomat for Africa, tweeted the vote was "fundamentally flawed", citing the denial of accreditation to election observers and "violence and harassment of opposition figures".

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has scored a decisive election victory to win a sixth term, the country's...

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