Ugandan Police Confine Pop Star Before President’s Inauguration
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Ugandan security forces confined pop star-turned-opposition leader Bobi Wine to his home as the East African nation prepares to inaugurate President Yoweri Museveni, who’s been in power for 35 years.
Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said on Twitter his house was surrounded by police and army forces. The headquarters of his National Unity Platform party is also surrounded, party spokesman Joel Ssenyonyi said on Twitter.