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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 3 Oct 2017

    Blasts at Uganda MPs Bobi Wine and Allan Ssewanyana's homes http://bbc.in/2kiVBM0 pic.twitter.com/8uLdruwog3

    4:04 AM - 3 Oct 2017
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      2. Alice Ruhindi‏ @AliceRuhindi 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Dictator Museveni will do anything to cling onto power. It’s made worse by his son Keinerugaba who acts like Ghadaffi & Sadam Hussein’s sons

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Bymez Dickson‏ @bymez_dickov 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @AliceRuhindi @BBCAfrica

        and there's little we(the ug population) can do

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Rodgers Prince‏ @RodgersPrince5 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @bymez_dickov @AliceRuhindi @BBCAfrica

        We can actually do something if we all act in unison and fight the common enemy. Burkina Faso citizens did it and we too can do it!

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Andrew Nsubuga‏ @AndrewNsubuga8 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RodgersPrince5 @bymez_dickov and

        Yes we can

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. #AMNorman‏ @MugoyaNA 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It has taken @HEBobiwine only two months to expose uganda's president what he truly is , a dictator

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      1. Obsessed Ugandan‏ @briandabullet 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It can't be a coincidence that these same two spearheaded the #agelimit debate last week in Parliament...

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      1. Komak Innocent‏ @KomakInnocent 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Not only was that enough.... They have been arrested #togikwatako

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      1. nagawa k'eve-joanne‏ @keve_joanne 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #togikwatako

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      1. mutyaba JohnMary‏ @JohnMutyaba 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is all to scare the opposition but we have to move forward with our eyes focused, the struggle continues. They will kill two

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      1. Joseph Washington Jowash‏ @joseUganda 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @SelectorDavie

        @HEBobiwine said he wont change his stand no matter the intimidations.

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      1. Luyombya Paul‏ @LuyombyaPaul 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Intimidation just

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      1. MARION UG‏ @marionugtours 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Its Really Unfortunate!

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      1. PAPARAZZI‏ @paparazi75 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's simply acoward act by @KagutaMuseveni and his regime trying to intimidate those who speak out against dictatorship & life presidency

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      1. VISIT UGANDA.‏ @JulianFriend2 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Uganda sounds like a war zone already. How do u throw grenades at someone who doesn't even posses a knife as a fighting weapon @HEBobiwine

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