Browsing: NUP campaign violence
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, widely known as Bobi Wine, says he has been beaten, tasered, teargassed and pepper-sprayed while campaigning…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has urged Ugandans not to be deterred by intimidation tactics and…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s leading opposition figure Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known widely as Bobi Wine, has confronted President Yoweri Museveni over longstanding claims of vote-rigging…
SOROTI, Uganda — The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused Ugandan security agencies of systematically obstructing his…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has intensified his rhetoric against Uganda’s opposition, specifically targeting the National Unity Platform (NUP) with allegations of systematic electoral…
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — The Tooro sub-region was placed under a massive security lockdown as the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni and opposition figure Robert Kyagulanyi…
GULU, Uganda — The Uganda Police Force has issued a statement expressing “regret” over the violent conduct displayed by its officers and Uganda People’s Defence…
IGANGA, Uganda — Campaign violence has escalated in Uganda, with police confirming at least one fatality at a rally held for opposition leader Bobi Wine…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a scathing rebuke of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) following the controversial deployment of canine…