Ugandan musician and opposition legislator Robert Kyagulanyi, best known by his stage name Bobi Wine, was arrested Monday, January 6, while holding a public meeting in preparation for his presidential campaign.
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READ MORE: The Uganda Electoral Commission gave Wine the go-ahead in December to hold such meetings. Police say Wine and his team did not meet some requirements of the Public Order Management Act.
Wine and some followers had just arrived at the venue in the Wakiso district, north of Kampala, when police fired teargas and arrested the aspiring presidential candidate along with other members of his People Power movement.
“Honorable Kyagulanyi is being held at Naggalama Police Station,” said David Lubongoya, People Power executive secretary. “He was held at Kasangati earlier and there were protests by young people who were demanding his release and police took him out from there. Honorable Kyagulanyi is an aspiring candidate who is supposed to consult people. Once he is out of that place, we will continue with the consultations.”
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