Bobi Wine accuses Ugandan president of ‘trumped up’ claims to block election bid

Opposition leader says Yoweri Museveni behind campaign of intimidation to stop him standing

Bobi Wine, the popular reggae star and prominent opposition leader in Uganda, has accused the country's president, Yoweri Museveni, of seeking to block his candidature at next year's elections through a series of trumped up" legal challenges and a campaign of intimidation.

Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, said he was calling on people all over the world to keep their eyes" on Uganda because international attention was the only way to stop human rights abuses and impunity in Uganda today".