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Uganda police cancel Bobi Wine’s Independence Day concert

Police in Uganda have cancelled Bobi Wine's Independence Day concert that was set for October 9, 2019 in the capital Kampala. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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By  Daily Monitor

Nation Media Group

Police in Uganda have cancelled a concert that was to be held in the capital Kampala by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine.

Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola in his letter dated October 2, but released on Tuesday to Kampala Metropolitan Police, said Bobi Wine did not consider plans for medical care, traffic control, crowd control and security.

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