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Rift between Museveni and Bobi Wine widens, plays out in fiery interview

President Yoweri Museveni and Bobi Wine [Photo: Reuters/Edward Echwalu/Courtesy]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has called his leading critic, musician-turned-politician, Bobi Wine, an “enemy of the country’s prosperity”, in an interview with the BBC.

The 36-year-old, affectionately known as the “ghetto president” has been a thorn in the side of Museveni since his election as MP in 2017.

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