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A rally celebrating Ugandan absorption person Bobi Wine’s candidacy successful adjacent year’s predetermination connected Wednesday was marred by clashes with police, arsenic governmental repression intensifies.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 81, who has ruled for 4 decades, besides saw his candidacy for January’s predetermination approved by the electoral commission.
Hundreds of young radical carrying portraits of Wine gathered connected a Kampala street, defying the electoral commission’s proposal to debar governmental gatherings due to the fact that of information concerns.
Police utilized batons arsenic immoderate demonstrators tried to interruption done a cordon.
A younker person from Wine’s National Unity Platform, Allan Sewanyana, was among astir a twelve radical arrested, according to the party’s caput wide Lewis Lubongoya.
Wine, a 43-year-old erstwhile vocalist whose existent sanction is Robert Kyagulanyi, has emerged arsenic Museveni’s main opponent.
“Uganda has been ruled by 1 antheral with a tiny radical of his household members for the past 4 decades, they person looted our state and this is the clip helium should manus implicit power,” Wine said aft his nomination.
“We cognize Museveni is frightened of young radical and would edifice to brutal unit to stay successful power. I telephone upon each Ugandans and basal up and situation dictator Museveni.”
Wine antecedently contested the 2021 election, which was marred by wide allegations of voting irregularities and authorities violence.
He has been arrested galore times, with Museveni’s lad and heir-apparent General Muhoozi Kainerugaba repeatedly threatening on societal media to behead him.
Last year, Kizza Besigye, different longtime Museveni opponent, was abducted from Kenya and brought to Uganda, wherever helium present faces a imaginable decease punishment successful a treason trial.
AFP
The station Police clashes mar rally for Uganda absorption person Bobi Wine appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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