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PHOTOS: Bobi Wine Draws Massive Crowd In Kampala As He Challenges Museveni
Addressing cheering crowds dressed in the party’s red and black colours, Wine declared that Uganda was ready for change and that “the dictator must go.”
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Ugandan Pop Star Bobi Wine Cleared to Challenge Aging Incumbent Again
Ugandan opposition leader, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, was cleared on Wednesday to stand for president, pitting him against Yoweri Museveni for a second time during a career in which he has been arrested and jailed multiple times for his opposition to the long-serving incumbent. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, first challenged Museveni in […]
Museveni Cleared To Seek Re-Election, Eyes Near Half-Century Rule
After seizing power in 1986, Museveni said the problem facing Africa was not its people but “leaders who want to overstay in power”.
Uganda Army Chief Threatens Deportation of Voters Who Don’t Choose His Father
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces and son of President Yoweri Museveni, has ignited a firestorm of controversy with threats to deport citizens who vote against his father in the upcoming January 2026 general election. In a series of inflammatory posts on X, Kainerugaba warned that those who fail to “support Mzee wholeheartedly” […]
Presidents from war-torn countries in Kampala for Museveni oath
Somalian president Mohamed Fermaajo and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir are spending the night in Kampala ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni scheduled for May 12 2021. Museveni will be taking an oath for his sixth term in office after suppressing his opponent to win the shady elections held on January […]
Police surrounds Wine, Besigye homes ahead of Museveni oath
Police in Uganda have surrounded the homes of the opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu popularly known as Bobi Wine and that of the former presidential aspirant Kizza Besigye as the country prepares to swear in President Yoweri Museveni for a sixth term tomorrow. Museveni won the flawed elections in January 2021 after the country’s electoral […]