Soldiers swarmed the streets of the capital and authorities blocked access to social media after one of the most violent election campaigns in years.
Bobi Wine's campaign team said the opposition leader and his entire support crew had been arrested in Kalangala, a district near Lake Victoria, while drumming up support for his bid to unseat veteran President Yoweri Museveni on 14 January.
Twenty-eight people died in violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of detained opposition leader Bobi Wine this week, police said Friday, updating an earlier toll.
Ugandan security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets at angry protesters who set fires, barricaded roads and looted stores in the capital Kampala, as calls mounted for calm ahead of the 14 January elections.
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by Museveni's opponents, who had appealed against a constitutional court ruling that removed an age cap of 75 for presidential contenders.
Bashir, 75, who had ruled Sudan for 30 years after seizing power in a military coup, was toppled by the military last week after months of street protests.
Among the regulations is a range of restrictions including requiring artists to submit lyrics for songs and scripts for film and stage performances to authorities to be vetted.
Critics of the decision argue it would allow President Yoweri Museveni, 74, to seek re-election for a sixth term in 2021.
The clash occurred in the southerwestern of town of Rukungiri, home to the country’s main opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, a veteran rival to President Yoweri Museveni.
More than 200 people died in September when an overloaded ferry sank on the Tanzanian side of the lake.
The return of Kyagulanyi, a 36-year old pop star and reggae musician turned legislator, has rattled the government headed by the 74-year-old President Yoweri Museveni.
The shortages are affecting the East African country’s main Mulago Hospital, which handles serious cases referred to it from other facilities, Uganda Medical Association (UMA) said.
Museveni, who has been in power for 32 years, frequently replaces ministers and other top government officials without publicly giving explanations.
He was speaking after the US president dismissed African nations with a foul-mouthed expletive.
Museveni’s move quickly drew criticism from his political opponents, religious leaders, human rights activists and even some members of the ruling party.
A provision in the current constitution limits the age of a presidential candidate at 75 years, which would have made Museveni ineligible to stand at the next polls in 2021.
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni said he supports extending a president’s term to seven years from five.
Kizza Besigye, who has contested and lost four elections against long-time leader Museveni, was detained on Thursday.
