Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last night asked his supporters to be disciplined while pursuing civil disobedience, including peaceful demonstrations, over the January election results. According to the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), some of his supporters have internally targeted some party leaders who have …
Read More »Ugandan opponent Bobi Wine ‘in trouble over armoured car’
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is in trouble over an alleged bullet-proof vehicle in his possession, according to a report by the Daily Monitor newspaper. The vehicle has attracted the attention of the Ugandan authorities, with the Ugandan Revenue Authority (URA) saying its details had been misrepresented and thus undervalued. …
Read More »Owiny-Dollo directs Bobi Wine to gazette poll petition withdrawal request
Robert Kagulanyi alias Bobi Wine the leader of the Ugandan opposition filed an application withdrawing his electoral petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s victory. The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, through his lawyers on Wednesday, outlined six grounds that influenced him to lose interest in the petition. Mr Kyagulanyi argues that …
Read More »Bobi Wine wants Uganda Chief Justice off poll petition
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, wants the chief justice to recuse himself from hearing a petition challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni. Bobi Wine accuses Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo of bias because of his close association to the president. The opposition politician also wants two …
Read More »Uganda: Yoweri Museveni suspends fund set up by ‘foreigners’
Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan president has ordered the suspension of a multi-million dollar fund set up by donor countries, after complaining that it is run by foreigners and undermines Uganda’s sovereignty. Mr Museveni in a letter, ordered the police to investigate how the finance ministry had allowed foreign donors to …
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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