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Bobi Wine meets US Senate and House foreign affairs committee members in Washington, seeks sanctions

International Relations Single source Uganda (national) 18 Mar 2026 Severity: 1/5

NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) met a bipartisan group from the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, according to ChimpReports and posts on X. He called for a review of US-Uganda relations and urged the US Treasury and State Department to impose targeted sanctions on officials he accused of human rights violations. UPDF spokesperson Col Chris Magezi, the report says, dismissed claims of a manhunt for him, calling checkpoints routine.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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