Opposition leader Bobi Wine was taken to a police station before being driven in a police vehicle to his home outside Kampala which was subsequently ‘surrounded by police and the military’, according to his Twitter account. Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine was briefly detained on Monday as he took part in a protest in the
Uganda’s Museveni wins sixth term, rival alleges fraud
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has scored a decisive election victory to win a sixth term, the country’s election commission said on Saturday, 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
Uganda’s Bobi Wine Rejects Official Results, Declares Himself President- Elect
Ugandan opposition candidate Bobi Wine has rejected the results declared so far and calls himself the president-elect, despite the electoral body saying not all votes have yet been counted. Bobi Wine alleges Thursday’s polls saw the worst vote-rigging in Uganda’s history, but did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. He declared the