KAMPALA – The death toll from last week’s protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 45, police say, with more than 800 people arrested.Police spokesman Fred Enanga told reporters on Monday that “our hearts go to the families” of those killed.
It was Uganda’s worst unrest in a decade. The election is early next year.Enanga said the arrests occurred during the two days of protests that broke out on Nov.
18 after Wine was arrested again in the eastern town of Luuka. Police accused him of flouting COVID-19 guidelines that require presidential candidates to address less than 200 people.