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Bobi Wine charged with annoying president

Ugandan opposition legislator Robert Kagulanyi aka Bobi Wine looks on in the dock in the court room of Kampala court on April 29, 2019. The MP has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule the president. PHOTO | NICHOLAS BAMULANZEKI | AFP

By  BBC

Ugandan MP and musician Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule the president.

The new charge is an addition to a previous charge of treason.

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