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Bobi Wine arrives in US for treatment

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine at the airport just before leaving Uganda. [photo, courtesy]

A Ugandan opposition Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine has arrived in the United States of America for treatment after being tortured while in detention in his home country.

Bobi Wine posted on Twitter that he had arrived safely in the US after suffering brutal torture by Special Forces soldiers.

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