Bobi Wine’s Lunch with the FT
Bobi Wine is the latest world figure featured in the Financial Times’ “Lunch with the FT” series. Over a shared meal and a stroll through Kamwokya, FT Africa editor David …
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Bobi Wine Responds to M7: “Is this democracy?”
Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine responded on Monday to a widely criticised Sunday speech in which Yoweri Museveni chided Ugandan opposition members by comparing them to those responsible for devastating …
Bobi Wine Granted Bail; Vows to Continue Struggle for Freedom in Uganda
Earlier today Kyadondo MP Robert Kyagunalyi, Bobi Wine, appeared in court via video link from Luzira prison for a bail hearing relating to the latest charges he faces of unlawful …
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Kampala Censors 13 Media Outlets
The Observer reports that the Ugandan Communications Commission has taken the draconian step of demanding the suspension of staff from media houses for their airing of protests following the arrest …
DW: Bobi Wine Arrest Reveals a Weak Museveni
Deutsche Welle reports on Bobi Wine’s arrest and detention in Luzira prison, and what Museveni’s escalating persecution of the young parliamentarian could mean: Bobi Wine’s growing popularity at home and …
In the Face of It All, People Power Continues to Grow
Writing in Quartz Africa, South African journalist Lynsey Chutel looks at Bobi Wine’s recent arrest and what it means that even the full power of the state cannot quash the …
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Bobi Wine Under House Arrest
CNN reports that Ugandan authorities have surrounded Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine’s house in Magere. Police have barricaded roads leading to the parliamentarian and singer’s home: “The MP has been …