US ambassador is meddling in politics, Uganda says
Natalie Brown was stopped from visiting main opposition candidate Bobi Wine at his home in Kampala, the US embassy says
19 January 2021 - 15:51
Kampala — Uganda accused the US ambassador on Tuesday of seeking to subvert last week's presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since the vote.
Troops prevented pop star-turned-legislator Bobi Wine from leaving his house shortly after he returned from voting in Thursday's presidential election, in which he ran against incumbent Yoweri Museveni. On Tuesday Wine said he and his wife had run out of food, and milk for her 18-month-old niece...
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