Ugandan opposition figure says state is financially strangling him


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine addresses a news conference at his home in Kampala, Uganda September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Newton Nambwaya/File Photo

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's government is hitting back at a pop star and opponent of President Yoweri Museveni by blocking his concerts and intimidating his business partners, the challenger said on Thursday.

The singer-cum-lawmaker whose birth name is Robert Kyagulanyi but is universally known by his music moniker Bobi Wine, has rattled Museveni's government with his growing support base since he joined politics two years ago.

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