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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 20 Sep 2017

    Uganda police 'raid NGO ActionAid' and ban #AgeLimit protests scheduled for Thursday http://bbc.in/2hfQmLV pic.twitter.com/ZI9VAzQC2U

    10:24 AM - 20 Sep 2017
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    • Emmanuel  Lagu West Coast ! Craig Emma Dictator Watch YamaXhosa😘 Wasike Salango Peter Arao AMENY 🇺🇬 (Daughter of Apio) VISIT UGANDA. Nyarboro
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      1. Sylas Atwooki‏ @RuhwezaSylas 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        My campus has police and choppers as flowers! Some students arrested @MakerereUpic.twitter.com/MDLMn0SLXd

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      1. Henry Malumo‏ @HenryMalumo 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @DannyWijnhoud

        Congratulations @actionaiduganda for #standingUP, Uganda admires Burundi, DRC and Rwanda instead of Kenya and many others, sorry M7, 2 late

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      1. Sarah Ayingo‏ @sarahayingo 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Really sad, oh Uganda my country

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      1. Boaz Okello‏ @Boaz_Okello1 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The dictators and warlords must now fall. It's a new wave sweeping through Africa. I love my continent.

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      1. BMK Gift Snr‏ @BMKGift 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So @KagutaMuseveni thinks that #Uganda belongs to him?? 2Mbavu

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      1. Kaymer Okot Emmy‏ @Kaymer89 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @brella256

        There Will Come A Time When There Will Be No Place Left To Raid... And They Will Turn To Raid Each Others Places... My Heart Bleeds For UG.

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      2. Ndawula Ken‏ @ndawula_ken 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We a not afraid of museveni this tym we a more serious,, we a tired of that old dog😈😈💪💪

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. AsiimweLouis‏ @asiimwelouis52 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @ndawula_ken @BBCAfrica

        Yet I see u under your bed

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Eng. Ronad Angarukamu‏ @Angarukamu 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @PoliceUg Are the custodians of law and order. If investigations point at NGOs planning anything that puts security at stake, they act

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
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      2. #Peoplepower_ourpower‏ @ahmedampere 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        As women are still being murdered in the city suburb of Entebbe...

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      1. chidube louis‏ @LouisChidube 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is what Africa needs not kingdoms .Rwanda will regret like Zimbabwe

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      2. Roxanne Daphne‏ @roxanne_daphne 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @kizzabesigye1 action Aid..... The hellllllll.. 😯😢

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Kaymer Okot Emmy‏ @Kaymer89 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @roxanne_daphne @BBCAfrica @kizzabesigye1

        There Will Come A Time When There Will Be No Place Left To Raid... And They Will Turn To Raid Each Others Places... My Heart Bleeds For UG.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Muks Steven‏ @mukssteven 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        UPDATE: AGE LIMIT MOTION DEFERRED TO NEXT WEEK

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      1. Matovujohn‏ @matovujohn47 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Museveni and his Zombies have dumped our nation to grave b'se of their personal ambtions.

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      1. RAS GEO‏ @gagageo1don 20 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        we dieing

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      1. Pollycarp Ouma‏ @OumaPollycarp 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Basically, what's happening in Uganda is uncalled for. It's a total state of dictatorship.

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      1. wamala rodney trevor‏ @RodneyWamala 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Welcome to the dictatorial government of museveni ruling a country under intimidating circumstances and corrupt legislation

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