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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 18 Feb 2016

    Uganda's main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye arrested, his party says http://bbc.in/1Tsz219  #UgandaDecidespic.twitter.com/C74JfdAsrm

    8:12 AM - 18 Feb 2016
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      1. Val Sir Spazie‏ @spazievents 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica #freebesigye #freebesigye #ugandadecides

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      2. edmund‏ @ayepasteven 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica he discovers a rigging centre and calls police to search the house, instead he is arrested

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      1. wannenjonjo‏ @njonjo_ann 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @bettywaitherero this isn't right ,

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      1. JP Barutwanayo‏ @JPBarutwanayo1 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica it's the fact, Museveni can't win the elections without rigging. The same applies to his political son Kagame.

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      1. Okomfo Kasu‏ @Kotokuom 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica African leaders and power. #StillColonialGovernance

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      1. sempuuma ronald  💯  🇺🇬‏ @sempuumaronald 19 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica This is more of a dictatorship than any other form of government

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      1. kasasa‏ @dankas1990 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica #FreeBesigye

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      1. salamba samunzala‏ @CollSums 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica it's no surprise... Museveni last week said that the" security agents 'il act against any1 who will disrupt elections!"

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      1. nzioka johana‏ @ba51d593f9f6442 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica when will African despots learn from Mobutu and Gaddafi?pic.twitter.com/EBNObCbCN1

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      1. blah blah blah‏ @mphahlelelm 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @asandamagaqa Let's not forget that Mobutu dispppreaed in the hands of authorities. Old freedom fighters are dangerous. Period

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      1. hakizi beth‏ @hakizibeth1 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica No any kind of democracy in Africa,Dictatorship all over the continent.

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      1. Albert Kayondo‏ @albertkays256 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @kizzabesigye1 clearly someone should come out and explain his arrest

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      1. Albert Kayondo‏ @albertkays256 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica even with social media currently blocked in Uganda, this will still go viral

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      1. Harie E. Brew-Appiah‏ @HarrietSmhato33 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica R'son for his arrest reminds me of similar claims by the ops in Gh in 2012. What is Prez Museveni seek'n another term for anyway?

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