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Uganda sees no end to election-related violence Tensions are rising as Uganda gears up for elections. Long-time President Museveni changed the constitution to run again. His rival Bobi Wine faces repeated arrest. Experts warn that the violence won t stop at the polls. Singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine is openly critical of Uganda s leadership and has been arrested multiple times Opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose full name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, on Wednesday said on Twitter that he was arrested along with his campaign team in Kalangala, central Uganda. A bodyguard for Wine was the latest victim of deadly violence in the weeks before presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for January 14. Two journalists were also wounded in the confrontations on Sunday between security forces and followers of the singer and lawmaker at a campaign rally in central Uganda.

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