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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 13 May 2016

    Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been "charged with treason" http://bbc.in/1qizWAU pic.twitter.com/irRH0cNhNJ

    10:37 AM - 13 May 2016
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    24 replies 169 retweets 40 likes
      1. Patrick Harvester‏ @twendekavune 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        HANG HIM! let @davidcameron be the hangman

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      1. #PeoplePower‏ @abbasssentongo 14 May 2016
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        formal president of Uganda @kizzabesigye1 Who ruled for hours & overthrow by military regime now is putting charges on him oh God

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      1. Nansinguza Jacob‏ @NansinguzaJ 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Well, well #Treason #Charges are simply too scary. This could only mean one thing... No one is #Safe in #Uganda #Fingerscrossed

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      1. DH-honey‏ @dollchileshe 13 May 2016
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        what was he thinking to have his own cabinet

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      1. Fungai‏ @FungaiChiposi 13 May 2016
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        What an absolute horror!

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      1. stephen szeles‏ @stephen_szeles 14 May 2016
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        he couldn't commit treason while under house arrest, or leaving the house to town without permission is treason? Dictator's panic

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      1. Dani‏ @hagos2008 14 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        very sad hope you will prevail

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      1. Ruth Ochieng‏ @ochieng_ruth 14 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        co existence is key to democracy. This is lacking here in Uganda!

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      1. Mbikire Onesimu‏ @MOnesimu 13 May 2016
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        the man is sixty years

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      1. christopher khondowe‏ @christopherkhon 13 May 2016
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        Africa with undemocratic ways

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      1. Dobia cr 💧 🌳 🔥 🐝 💎‏ @doledobia 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        slow down men! Is it crime 2B in opposition? Now deal with it, u all!

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      1. SoSedactive‏ @sosedactive2020 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        from the look of the pic Isn't he as older as Museveni ???????? 😉😉😉😉😉

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      1. A Brilliant Genocide‏ @AcholiGenocide 13 May 2016
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        see http://www.vimeo.com/atlanticstar/abgbesigye … (permission to use) @AcholiGenocide

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      1. Usher|Erwan‏ @usherwan 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        besigye is done- he cant win the treason trial in ugandan courts.

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      1. diallo‏ @booba16diallo 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        L'opposant le plus arrêté !

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      1. Collo De Jesùs‏ @ColloHapakule 13 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        is Africa Cursed

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