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Bobi Wine's brother arrested at the airport

Uganda security forces deployed in Magere, where Bobi Wine's home is located, on September 20, 2018 ahead of Bobi Wine's return. PHOTO | DAILY MONITOR

By  The EastAfrican

Eddie Yamwa, the elder brother to Ugandan pop star-turned-lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested at the Entebbe International Airport where he had gone to receive the Kyadondo East MP.

Mr Kyagulanyi is returning from a nearly three-week stay in the US where he was receiving specialised treatment after alleged torture by security forces.

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