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Bobi Wine, police and Kiwani 2021 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |“Kiwani” in Kampala street-speak means “something fake.” Musician Bobi Wine coined the word in 2007 as the title of his song that won that year’s award for best Afro beat single. Twelve years later, Bobi Wine (real name Robert …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Zigy Wyne death: ‘Kiwani’ in Kampala streetspeak means “something fake.” Musician Bobi Wine coined the word in 2007 as the title of his song that won that year’s award for best Afro beat single. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are still struggling to access footage from a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera at Mulago Hospital, showing how musician Ziggy Wine was admitted to the facility. Ziggy Wine, a member of Fire Base Crew, succumbed to injuries allegedly sustained in an accident along the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has asked his electorate to find another capable leader to represent them in the 11th parliament. Kyagulanyi told mourners at the memorial prayers for his late driver, Yasin Kawuma in Lusanja in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven witnesses and a woman, who was allegedly knocked by the late Michael Alinda alias Ziggy Wine, have been grilled by detectives at State House, Nakasero in Kampala. Ziggy Wine reportedly succumbed to injuries in the wee hours of Morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five more criminal charges have been added onto the charges against Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and his co-accused in a case in which they are charged with treason. The charges include incitement of violence, disobedience of lawful orders and going …

But what future does he offer? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | When the People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine named his coordinating team at his home in Magere Wakiso district on July 24, many were surprised to see prominent faces of people who are staunch …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have tasked a team of detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID to investigate the kidnap and subsequent death of musician Michael Kalinda alias Ziggy Wine. Kalinda breathed his last at Mulago National Referral Hospital this morning. The deceased was found in a devastating …

What does Museveni want and can new tough laws deliver it? Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE AND ISAAC KHISA | Regulate. Regulate. Regulate. Taxi ownership, regulate. Coffee and sugarcane growing regulate. Cesspool emptying, regulate. Belonging to political party, regulate. Quitting political party, regulate. In the past few months, the government …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presence of Kyadondo East Legislator Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s at the funeral of former Deputy Paramount Chief of Acholi William George Lugai angered Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Thousands of mourners gathered to bid farewell to the fallen Acholi Chief in …