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Mudde: Bobi’s little-known trainer aching to be set free
Saturday March 13 2021
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Prisoner of conscience. Robinson Mudde is among the scores of Bobi Wine associates languishing in Kitalya prison for political reasons.
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At the height of political campaigns last year, several boxers believed to be close to then presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi were arrested by security forces over allegations of plotting to organise violent protests against the government. Some nights my little boy hears a knock on the door, and says ‘Mummy, dad has come.’ When I tell him he’s not the one, he asks: ‘why is he in prison? When will he come back home?’ Questions I can’t answer,” Jackline Bakira says as she broke down.
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Sunday January 31 2021
President Museveni (with hat) hands over jet washers to Mulago car washers in Kampala after the 2016 general election. PHOTOS | FILE
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Though Section 167 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalises wandering persons, has never been repealed either by a court of law or by Parliament, Mr Museveni thought such decrees of his would please the urban youth and vote for him.
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President Museveni had just secured his victory in 2016, but as usual, he never wasted time as he immediately started strategising on how he woud win the 2021 elections. He visited Kawempe, one of the five divisions that constitute Uganda’s capital Kampala, to launch a scheme aimed at increasing jobs for market vendors, a demographic that he believed was behind his woes in the capital.