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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Besigye forced to apologise for jibe at People Power as Bobi Wine ‘chews’ cover in Jinja after police blocks his show, again

Alex Taremwa by Alex Taremwa
December 17, 2018
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Bobi Wine taking a selfie after visiting Besigye at his Kasangati home.

People Power die-hards milk apology from defiant Besigye

Four-time presidential candidate, Dr. Kiiza Besigye was forced to apologise to People Power kingpin and Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine after he associated a term he affectionately uses for citizen participation for a tribal/sectarian sentiment. 

In his speech to FDC leaders from Kampala Division, Besigye noted that some political actors are using tribal/sectarian sentiments to fuel their struggle pointing to the Luganda term “Mwebereremu” which has been heard several times from the People Power man. 

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Besigye was thereafter wrapped by several opposition actors on social media and soon apologised saying that he did not even know that Bobi Wine coined the term. 

“I’ve since realised that some people understood what I said as an attack on Bobi Wine, because, apparently he uses it frequently. I can certainly say that I’ve never heard him use the word for negative purposes. That’s why I sincerely apologise to all who felt that this was my intention,” Besigye said in a statement. 

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Bobi Wine ‘chews’ cover in Jinja after police blocked his show

Musician cum politician, Bobi Wine was forced to hide in Jinja on Saturday night after police cracked down on his hotel and blocked a concert he was set to hold in the Nile town, arresting members of his team. 

According to Bobi who eventually escaped and returned to Kampala, the police had initially cleared his concert to take place only for them to make a last minute u-turn, surrounding his hotel and arresting his people. 

“After your raid, the wanainchi in Jinja made it possible for us to elude you and any evil plans you harbored. The roadblocks you put on the way to sabotage my travel back were a shameful move. I managed to travel back to Kampala today morning,” Bobi Wine bragged on Sunday morning. 

FDC snubs IPOD summit as Museveni remains defiant on leaving office

The Inter-Party Organisations for Dialogue (IPOD) on convened at Speke Resort, Munyonyo in the absence of FDC to deliberate on issues affecting democracy in Uganda. 

The meeting which was attended by other parties with representation in Parliament ended with President Museveni assuring fellow actors that he has no retirement plans until Africa is fully developed. 

His remarks came after Democratic Party’s President General, Norbert Mao challenged his NRM counterpart to work towards witnessing an inauguration of a president who is not him. 

Winnie Nwagi roasted for posting ‘erect tits’ on Instagram

Singer Winnie Nwagi has had it rough this week for posting a photo on  Instagram leaning on a white Mercedes, clad in a skimpy dress, a denim jacket with her boobs lying casually on her chest and tits erect. 

The photo backfired as fans castigating her for being “skimpy”, indecent and inappropriate. 

VILLAIN OF THE WEEK: Fans roast Winnie Nwagi for posting ‘erect tits’ on Instagram

In her response, the singer advised the fans that did not like her “tities” to “go and hang.”

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