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| Afropop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been arrested by police |
Mr Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, had just returned from New York where he took part in discussions at the UN General Assembly.
Yesterday, the mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago was arrested from his home following reports that he was planning to take part in a demonstration against the removal of the age limit from the constitution.
In parliament, members of the governing NRM party are planning to remove a clause in the constitution that caps the upper presidential age limit at 75. A move that could allow President Museveni to run for a sixth term.
Meanwhile the Uganda police has been explaining why they raided the offices of two NGOs in Kampala. In a statement the police says that they received intelligence that Action Aid Uganda and the Great Lakes Institute of Strategic Studies (Gliss) had allegedly received funding to destabilize the city of Kampala and other parts of the country in the light of the planned parliamentary debate on the removal of age limits.
The statement also says that the arrest of the Kampala city mayor, Mr Lukwago, was a preemptive action.
Press Release: Investigation on Action Aid and GLISS. pic.twitter.com/0t4SjZOxHB— Uganda Police Force (@PoliceUg) September 22, 2017
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