Popular Ugandan musician Bobi Wine took to social media in a bid to let netizens know that he was arrested and detained by Dubai Authorities. Bobi is in Dubai to help raise funds aimed at helping stranded Ugandans , he had earlier informed his fans via social media on his trip.
The musician is now a politician and has been arrested several times in his home country.
, ‘Landed in Dubai at 8:30pm. It’s now 5am. I’ve been held & interrogated for 8hrs. They asked me about NUP, it’s leaders, their phone numbers, my family members & their contacts! I have all necessary travel docs. They’ve confiscated my passport & my phone. Am literary under arrest.”In Dubai to perform at a charity concert to assist some of the Ugandan immigrant workers. Been held at the airport for almost 10 hours, being interrogated mostly about NUP! My phone and passport have now been returned. Hopefully things go as planned. Will give an update. Thanks.” posted Bobi Wine
On 22 April 2019, Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine was detained while attempting to make his way to a planned concert at his private club in southern Kampala, which was cancelled by police.He was accused of leading a protest in the city the previous year without prior police authorisation; the protest was held against the “social media tax” which took effect in July 2018.
On 29 April 2019, on his way to the offices of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) to honour a summons and provide a statement on the cancelled concert, Kyagulanyi was again arrested and taken to Buganda Road Court, where he was charged with disobedience of statutory ory duty and remanded to Luzira Maximum Security Prison until his bail hearing on 2 May.
In a statement the following day, Amnesty International demanded his immediate release and urged the Ugandan government to “stop misusing the law in a shameless attempt to silence him for criticizing the government.”
On the day of the hearing, which was conducted via video conferencing (the first time in the history of Uganda’s justice system), Kyagulanyi was granted bail and released from prison, with the court also barring him from holding unlawful demonstrations.
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