As reported by the Reuters News agency, Uganda’s government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, has accused the US of trying to “subvert elections”. US ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown was on Monday stopped from visiting opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, at his home in the capital, Kampala. …
Read More »Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a Bobi Wine Calls on the International Community
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine urged the international community on Sunday to call for the lifting of his “house arrest” the day after the announcement of the disputed results of the presidential election that reappointed President Yoweri Museveni for a sixth term in office. He also called for international sanctions …
Read More »Uganda: Yoweri Museveni re-elected for a sixth term
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term with 58.64% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Saturday, as rival opponent Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud a day earlier and said citizens should reject the result. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, won 34.83% …
Read More »Uganda: Bobi Wine blocked in his house since Thursday
Bobi Wine is passing a trouble period. Uhe Ugandan’s opposition leader called the International Community to demand the lifting of his house arrest. This, in the aftermath of the announcement of Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the presidential election. Robert kyagulanyi a.k.a Bobi wine doesn’t deplete. Second of the presidential election …
Read More »Uganda: the electoral commission announced the first results
It has been over 24 hours since polls closed and Uganda is still counting votes from its presidential and parliamentary elections. Preliminary results announced by the electoral commission put President Yoweri Museveni in a commanding lead. His rival, 38-year-old legislator Bobi Wine has dismissed the tally as a ‘joke’. The …
Read More »General elections held in peace in Uganda
Ugandans of voting age were called to the polls in order to choose their president and deputies. While we feared overflows in the country, the vote took place peacefully in Kampala. Most of the voters went to the poll earlier in the morning . Security forces were deployed near the …
Read More »Davido supports Bobi wine for the presidential election
The Nigerian singer, songwriter David Adeleke also known as Davido, has taken his Instagram account (@davido) to declare his support to the Ugandan Singer, politician, actor and businessman Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, a.k.a. Bobi Wine, in the ongoing Ugandan Presidential election set to hold on Thursday 14 January 2021. Bobi wine …
Read More »Uganda: the government orders social media blocking
Ahead of Uganda’s heated election on Thursday, the government’s ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps until further notice, according to a letter from the telecommunications regulator. In the letter, the director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Irene Sewankambo, ordered operators to “immediately …
Read More »Uganda: presidential election, all could be played in the province of Buganda
A few days before the presidential election in Uganda on January 14, all eyes are on the province of Buganda, which could hold the key of the poll. This central kingdom has always voted for outgoing President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986. But that could change next Thursday. In terms …
Read More »Uganda: The opponent Bobi Wine returns to the campaign after Sunday’s clashes
This Sunday, the candidate for the presidential election scheduled for January 14, suspends his meeting, after violence in the sidelines of one of his trips. This Wednesday, December 30, he must go to bugala island on Lake Victoria before starting his tour in the East of the country. He said …
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