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East Africa countries leaders were not indifferent when they learnt the death of their Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli from heart problem. After Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Yoweri Museveni and Bobi Wine, it is the turn of Paul Kagame, Lazarus Chakwera, and Evariste Ndayishimiye to pay a vibrant tribute to the …

The Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi known as Bobi Wine has been released without charge following his arrest hours earlier during a protest. He was leading a team of his party’s MPs in the capital, Kampala, to complain about the arrest and disappearance of supporters, before and since January’s election, …

The Supreme Court has allowed the runner-up in the January 14 presidential elections Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine to withdraw his presidential election petition seeking to overturn the victory of the incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The decision by a panel of nine Supreme Court Justices led by the …

The security forces in Uganda have injured several journalists who were reporting on pop star-turned politician Bobi Wine delivering a petition to the UN highlighting human rights abuses in the country. Eyewitnesses said soldiers arrived in trucks outside the UN Human Rights Office in the capital, Kampala, and started beating …

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 …

The Ugandan government has announced the full restoration of internet and social media services. “We apologise for the inconveniences caused, but it was for the security of our country,” Peter Ogwang, State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, tweeted. He added: “Let’s be constructive, not destructive consumers/users of social media.” …

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 …

The Ugandan Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Judith Nabakooba has issued arrest warnings to people spreading false information on plans to shut down the country this week. According to the the minister, the authorities were aware of a plan to cause chaos between the 3rd and 7th February. “I …

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 …

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 …