Bobi wine’s music concert that Museveni couldn’t stomach – video

President Yoweri Museveni’s fiercest critic and Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been arrested by the police once again.

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The pop star’s arrest was announced on Monday on his official Twitter handle, in a dramatic incident whose videos and photos have since gone viral on social media.

“Police and the military blocked us from reaching Busabala for our press conference about police brutality, injustice, and abuse of authority. A citizen cannot be allowed to access his private property. People teargassed, beaten, Many arrested. We shall overcome. #EnoughIsEnough” read part of the tweet.

After locking himself inside his vehicle, police broke the windows using pistol butts and a hammer and sprayed him with teargas to drag him out – akin to how Kizza Besigye got arrested in 2011 from Mulago roundabout.

The arrest marks a culmination of a stand-off between Bobi Wine, his supporters and the authorities who had cancelled a series of his music concert over the Easter holiday.

The police in a statement said the concert organisers failed to meet public safety and security standards.

The concert was scheduled to take place at the One Love Beach in Busabala on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said in the notice that the police would make safety a top priority at all major music events and venues.

The development comes a day after President Yoweri Museveni warned that he will not tolerate music shows that are laced with politics.

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