{"id":33290,"date":"2022-10-10T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=33290"},"modified":"2022-10-10T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:09:59","slug":"bobi-wine-freed-after-dubai-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/10\/bobi-wine-freed-after-dubai-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobi Wine &#8216;Freed After Dubai Detention&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he was detained in Dubai at the weekend after arriving there to perform at a music concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says he was held at the airport for 12 hours and was questioned about his political party, family and personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was later released without charge and the concert, whose proceeds were meant to benefit African migrants in the Gulf country, was later cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Kyagulanyi has blamed Uganda embassy officials for the cancellation of his music concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The information I have is that the Ugandan embassy in Dubai influenced the cancellation of this concert because maybe if I was able to return these girls back home then the government of Uganda will be slapped in the face,&#8221; he told the BBC&#8217;s Newsday programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: &#8220;I have performed in Dubai many times for the last 15 years but this show was cancelled, and the cancellation was not adequately explained.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Kyagulanyi participated in last year&#8217;s presidential election which he lost to the incumbent Yoweri Museveni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>BBC News Africa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he was detained in Dubai at the weekend after arriving there to perform at a music concert. 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