Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC that he left the country because he feared for his life following January's disputed election. Speaking to Newshour from an undisclosed location after spending two months in hiding in Uganda, he said "it was clear that the regime wanted to eliminate me". The pop star turned politician earlier announced he had fled the country in a video posted on X. In it, he repeated his claim that the election had been rigged in favour of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. Museveni, 81, won with 72% of the vote and accused the opposition of seeking to overturn the results through violence. Wine, 44, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, told the BBC that during his two months in hiding he had been sheltered by supporters, saying: "People gave me food, people gave me clothing and everything else." He said Museveni had tried "many times" to have him killed and that the president's son had "made it clearer without any filters". Museveni's son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who heads Uganda's military, said Wine was "wanted dead or alive", without accusing him of any specific offences, and also threatened to c
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC that he left the country because he feared for his life following January's disputed election. Speaking to Newshour from an undisclosed location after spending two months in hiding in…
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC that he left the country because he feared for his life following January's disputed election. Speaking to Newshour from an undisclosed location after spending two…
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC that he left the country because he feared for his life following January's disputed election. Speaking to Newshour from an undisclosed location after spending two months in hiding in…
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