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FILE: Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine. Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

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Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine 'under house arrest'

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Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said police and military officers, deployed overnight, had barred him from leaving his home in Magere, north of...

  • Opposition MPs resolved not attend a Ugandan parliamentary plenary session until jailed MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana are released. Picture: @Parliament_Ug/Twitter

    Uganda opposition boycotts parliament to demand MPs' release

    Lawmakers Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana have been charged with murder, terrorism, abetting and aiding terrorism, and attempted murder following an investigation into the killings in the region of Masaka, a move their lawyer branded "political persecution".

    325 days ago
  • Uganda flag. Picture: mapsofworld.com

    Uganda charges opposition MPs over machete killings

    Villagers in the region of Masaka have been terrorised by thugs who police say have hacked to death up to 30 mainly elderly people in their homes at night in just two months.

    347 days ago
  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (C) gestures while standing on a car during the inauguration ceremony for his sixth term at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, Uganda, on 12 May 2021. Picture: Badru Katumba/AFP

    Museveni sworn in for sixth term as Ugandan president

    Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took the oath of office at a ceremony in Kampala broadcast on national television and attended by several African heads of state and other foreign dignitaries.

    465 days ago
  • Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine called on Ugandans to 'rise up peacefully and unarmed' in protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the East African country for nearly four decades. Picture: @HEBobiwine\Twitter

    Ugandan opposition leader urges protests against Museveni's rule

    Speaking at the headquarters of his National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kampala, Bobi Wine said the time had come for public demonstrations against Museveni, who took power in 1986 and has ruled ever since.

    529 days ago
  • Musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, speaks during a press conference at his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Sumy Sadruni/AFP.

    Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine drops challenge to election loss

    The 76-year-old former rebel leader won a sixth term in office on January 14 with 58% of the vote. Wine, a 39-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker, came second with 35% and decried the election as a sham.

    544 days ago
  • Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, explains to media how uniformed personnel entered through a gate of his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

    Uganda's Bobi Wine confirms military has left his home as ordered by court

    The court said that Wine was being illegally detained at his home and that his property was not a detention facility.

    571 days ago
  • Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, explains to media how uniformed personnel entered through a gate of his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

    After court ruling, Uganda's Bobi Wine still waiting for army to vacate home

    The Uganda high court on Monday ruled that the army must vacate his house where they have kept him and his wife under house arrest.

    572 days ago
  • Security forces are seen at the house of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, in Magere, Uganda, on 16 January 2021, ahead of Uganda's election results announcement. Picture: Sumy Sadurni/AFP

    Uganda high court orders army to vacate presidential candidate Bobi Wine's home

    His lawyers filed a human rights violation application, demanding that the army must vacate and that he should be presented to the court to show that he was still in good health.

    572 days ago
  • FILE: Singer turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine speaks during a press conference, held at his home in Magere in the outskirts of Kampala, on 24 July 2019. Picture: AFP

    Uganda 2021 is akin to apartheid - an exclusive Q&A with Uganda's Bobi Wine

    Our full exclusive interview with Uganda presidential candidate Bobi Wine from his home, where he is still under house arrest.

    572 days ago
  • Musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, speaks during a press conference at his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Sumy Sadruni/AFP.

    EXCLUSIVE: Bobi Wine: AU's Ramaphosa shouldn't be silent in face of injustice

    In an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News, Wine said only the EU, the US and human rights bodies have condemned the human rights violations in his country.

    572 days ago
  • Musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, speaks during a press conference at his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Sumy Sadruni/AFP.

    Uganda's opposition supporters nervously await next move

    With their leader under house arrest, and soldiers still out in force, backers of presidential runner-up Bobi Wine have been waiting and watching in nervous limbo since the opposition decried the 14 January poll as a "sham."

    575 days ago
  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (R) prepares to cast his ballot at the Kaaroh high school polling station in Kiruhura, Uganda, on January 14, 2021. Picture: Badru Katumba/AFP.

    Uganda eases internet shutdown imposed over election

    Long-term leader Yoweri Musveni was declared the winner of a January 14 presidential election, securing 58.6% of the vote and a sixth term after 35 years in power.

    579 days ago
  • FILE: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. Picture: AFP

    Uganda's Museveni on track for sixth term as president

    Uganda's election commission announced that with 86.7% of polling stations reporting results, Museveni had 58.8% of votes, while Bobi Wine had 34.2%.

    581 days ago
  • Musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, speaks during a press conference at his home in Magere, Uganda, on 15 January 2021. Picture: Sumy Sadruni/AFP.

    Uganda's Bobi Wine claims poll win as results trickle in

    The internet remained down for a third day as vote counting continued, with provisional results from 29% of polling stations giving Museveni an early lead of 63% while Wine trailed with 28%.

    582 days ago
  • People wait in a line to vote at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, on 14 January 2021. Picture: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP

    Uganda tallies votes as opposition slams 'fraud and violence'

    Voting in Kampala took place under the oppressive security presence of soldiers and riot police in the streets and at polling stations.

    582 days ago
  • Malema: Go for it Bobi Wine, fight for the people of Uganda

    EFF leader Julius Malema offered some words of encouragement to Bobi Wine who is vying to be Uganda’s next president. Wine is going up against Yoweri Museveni, who has been president of Uganda since 1986. Malema was speaking at a press briefing on 14 January 2021

    583 days ago
  • People wait in a line to vote at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, on 14 January 2021. Picture: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP

    Amid internet suspension, Ugandans vote in charged election

    The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some parts of the country reporting complete disruptions or significant slowdowns, after one of the most violent campaigns in years.

    583 days ago
  • FILE: Ugandan musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi (C), also known as Bobi Wine, raises his arm as he walks to the court in Inganga, on November 19, 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Social media's seizing of the Uganda election narrative was good for democracy

    The migration to social media has been driven by two key factors: it's youthful voting population and excitement for Bobi Wine.

    583 days ago
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