How Uganda’s election has been stacked against the pop star who would be president

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Musician Bobi Wine has given the president a run for his money in this election, but the insurgent candidate does not expect the president to go quietly. Read sparkomat's full analysis 👇

Mr Museveni was particularly unhappy when Facebook deleted accounts belonging to government officials accused of attempting to manipulate public debate before election day.

He said:"Taking on General Museveni [means] taking on the Ugandan police force, the Ugandan military, the bank of Uganda - all the institutions of state have been deployed against us to attack us with impunity, with brutality.Mr Wine was in a pensive mood as he circled the garden on his property outside the capital Kampala.

"[Our team] is calling us, informing us that agents are being arrested and that those coordinators are being picked up by the military and are being charged with recruiting rebels," he saidThe 38-year old musician, who was raised in a slum, has given the president a run for his money in this election.

 

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