Uganda: Kyagulanyi Blocked From Campaigning in Kiruhura

Uganda: Kyagulanyi Blocked From Campaigning in Kiruhura

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, was on Wednesday forced to abandon his planned rally in Kiruhura District after violent confrontations broke out between his supporters and groups of youths donning yellow T-shirts, the colour associated with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

We Don't Want Any Muganda And Opposition In Kiruhura!! NRM Youths Led by Tribal Diehard Agadesa Block Bobi Wine in Kiruhura - The Witness Uganda

Tension and chaos engulfed parts of Kiruhura District on Wednesday as the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, was violently blocked from holding his campaign rally in President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s home area. The ugly scenes unfolded when groups of NRM youths, reportedly led by a tribal NRM diehard known as Agadesa, attacked Bobi Wine’s supporters, declaring that the…