Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine reportedly arrested as he returns from South Africa

Bobi Wine on stage at the Los Angeles premiere of the film "Bobi Wine: The Peoples President", on 25 July 2023, in Beverly Hills, California. He was, says his party, arrested as soon as he arrived back home.Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was arrested Thursday on his return home from a trip to South Africa, a top party official said.

Wine was in South Africa this week as part of what his party termed a mobilisation effort of the Ugandan diaspora. Wine's supporters had planned to accompany him en masse to his home north of the capital, Kampala, to welcome him back, but police had said such gatherings were illegal.Last month, Ugandan police announced they were banning rallies being organised by the National Unity Platform across the country because of public order issues.

He made a failed bid for the presidency in 2021 against Museveni, who is serving a sixth term in power.We live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred

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