Uganda’s popstar MP ‘hiding’ from police after raid: lawyer
KAMPALA: Ugandan popstar turned opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine is in hiding after police raided a hotel he was staying in ahead of a concert, his lawyer said Sunday.
Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, had been due to perform at a concert in Jinja, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Kampala, on Saturday night.
However he, and his lawyer, said police had launched a raid on his hotel, forcing him into hiding.
Kyagulanyi "has been forced to seek refuge from an unlawful midnight raid by…