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Uganda opposition says leader detained at airport, police dispute claim

Uganda opposition says leader detained at airport, police dispute claim

UGANDA'S main opposition party said its leader Bobi Wine had been detained at the airport as he returned from a trip abroad, but police said they had accompanied him to his residence. In recent years Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has emerged as the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, 79, who has been in power in the East African country since 1986. Wine finished runner-up to Museveni in a 2021 election that he said was marred by fraud. Museveni's government has faced criticism from opponents and human rights activists for stifling the opposition, a charge Museveni denies.…
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Uganda charges two MPs with murder

Uganda charges two MPs with murder

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN prosecutors have charged two lawmakers allied to opposition leader Bobi Wine with the murder of three people, following a spate of unsolved killings that have stoked widespread public alarm. Wine's opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) dismissed the prosecution of the two MPs, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, both NUP members, as a politically motivated attempt by authorities to smear the party. Appearing at a court in Masaka town in central Uganda, south of the capital Kampala, the two were charged with the three murders and remanded in prison, Joel Ssenyonyi, a fellow NUP lawmaker and the party's…
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Uganda’s Bobi Wine challenges election result in court

Uganda’s Bobi Wine challenges election result in court

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN opposition leader Bobi Wine has filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party's lawyer said. 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). Wine, 38, a pop star and lawmaker, rejected the results and said he believed his victory was stolen.…
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Ugandan raid opposition offices

Ugandan raid opposition offices

BOBI Wine, leader of Uganda's main opposition party, said troops raided its headquarters yesterday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to President Yoweri Museveni's declared victory in an election last week. Wine, himself under house arrest, said party leaders were now on the run. "Our party office has been raided by the military and been cordoned off," Wine told Reuters. "Everybody is being pursued." Police spokesman Patrick Onyango said the National Unity Platform (NUP) office had been cordoned off for security reasons, but he gave no more details and did not say if troops had entered the premises.…
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Museveni wins 6th term, rival alleges fraud

Museveni wins 6th term, rival alleges fraud

UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni has scored a decisive election victory to win a sixth term, the country's election commission has announced, but his main rival Bobi Wine denounced the results as fraudulent and urged citizens to reject them. The 76-year-old Museveni, in power since 1986 and one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6% in Thursday's election. Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), the Electoral Commission said in announcing the final results. The campaign was marked by a deadly crackdown by security forces on Wine, other opposition candidates and their supporters. In the run-up to the vote…
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Music producer for presidential candidate Wine hurt in clashes in Uganda

Music producer for presidential candidate Wine hurt in clashes in Uganda

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A music producer for Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been wounded in the mouth by a rubber bullet during clashes between security personnel and Wine's supporters, a spokesman for his party and police said on Tuesday. The incident is the latest in escalating violence in the East African country as authorities crackdown on supporters of Wine, who is seeking to end the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in an election scheduled for January 14. Joel Senyonyi, spokesman for Wine's party National Unity Platform (NUP), said Daniel Oyerwot was hit by the rubber…
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Uganda’s Museveni warns off disruptors as he starts bid for another term

Uganda’s Museveni warns off disruptors as he starts bid for another term

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA’S veteran president Yoweri Museveni has warned that anyone breaking the peace would regret their actions as he formally started his bid for another term in office. The 76-year-old, who is Africa's third-longest ruling head of state, is due to face Bobi Wine, a pop star turned opposition politician, in a February vote. "I am hearing ... some people want to disturb our peace. Whoever tries will regret (it)," the former guerrilla leader said after the Electoral Commission accepted his nomination papers. "For us we do not joke, we fought to bring peace," he told reporters in comments…
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