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Opposition politician Wine in the election campaign in Kamapala: Voice of a young generation
Photo: ISAAC KASAMANI / AFP
Bobi Wine is tripping down the stairs of his house.
A springy gait, a smile on your face.
Little can be seen of the exertion of the past few days and weeks.
"I can't afford to be tired," he says as he collapses into an armchair in his garden.
Employees circle him, hand him water and pineapple.
Fans besiege his property.
Wine, 38 years old, a pop musician from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, has become a beacon of hope for many people.
In mid-January he brought Uganda's aged incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, to the brink of defeat in the presidential elections.
In the meantime he has become a kind of public enemy, his importance extends far beyond his home country.
Wine embodies the »future of Africa«, says the Nigerian Nobel Prize for Literature Wole Soyinka.
The Ugandan regime, on the other hand, sees Wine as a threat.
President Museveni put his challenger under house arrest after the election in mid-January.
Hundreds of soldiers and police officers occupied Wines villa on the outskirts of Kampala, his brother-in-law has meanwhile been abducted, and supporters of his People Power movement have been arrested, tortured and killed.
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