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Ugandan Court dismisses Singer, Bobi Wine's case against police over blocked concerts
 
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Sat, 11 May 2019   ||   Uganda,
 

Ugandan High Court sitting in Kampala, the nation’s capital on Friday declined to prohibit police from blocking and interfering with music concerts for Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine.

Through his lawyers of Rwakafuuzi & Co. Advocates, Bobi Wine took the then KMP commander Frank Mwesigwa and government to court seeking for Shs300 million in compensation for the cancelled concerts in Mukono, Kamuli, Kasese and Kampala.

He also argued that police acted illegal when they restricted his movements within the country and stopped his various shows adding that his rights to work and earn a living had been violated.

However, Justice Herrieta Woloyo dismissed the case saying there was no evidence to prove the singer’s claims.

In a judgment issued in the presence of only Bobi Wine’s lawyer Luyimbaazi Nalukoola and the representative of the state, the High Court judge said the musician turned politician failed to prove how the banned music shows violated his rights to work, freedom of assembly, association and speech among other freedoms.

 

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