Robert Kyagulanyi cannot remember the day that Yoweri Museveni was first inaugurated as president of Uganda. It was 33 years ago, and he was just three. Writing in the Mail …
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An article in Quartz Africa laments the use of old methods of repression against Uganda’s increasingly engaged youth. Considered a standard-bearer for the country’s future, 36-year-old Bobi Wine has become …
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Human Rights Watch has released a statement condemning the treatment of Bobi Wine, the other MPs, and violence against protesters. Ugandan police and military leadership should immediately order a stop …
Musician-turned-politician-turned-political-prisoner Bobi Wine has received the support of major names in music from across Africa and Europe in an open letter published this week. The letter—signed by the likes of …
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The streets of Kampala this week were home to scenes of violent repression more reminiscent of the Idi Amin era than of the 21st century. The BBC reports that the …
“We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the arrest, imprisonment and vicious, life-threatening physical attack by Ugandan government forces on popular Ugandan singer and Member of Parliament, the Honourable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, …
The following press release was distributed to media on 20 August 2018. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, an opposition Member of Parliament of Kyadondo East constituency in Uganda who is most widely …
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