- Incidents of violence occurred at the campaign meetings of the Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine, with tear gas being used to disperse the crowd.
- CNN’s international correspondent, Larry Madowo, while covering the events, complained that the tear gas used was more dangerous than anything he had experienced before.
- Madowo’s comments about the tear gas and riots in Uganda caused a stir online
Here Uganda preparing for his January 15 election, campaign tension has reached an all-time high.
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The rival camps of President Yoweri Museveni and former Member of Parliament Bobi Wine, popularly known as Robert Kyagulanyi, have been engaged in a fierce political battle.
What happened at Bobi Wine’s campaign meeting?
Bobi Wine has repeatedly claimed that the authorities, including the police and the military, are being sent to disrupt his campaign rallies.
In many of his meetings, law enforcement agencies have reportedly used tear gas to disperse crowds.
CNN International Correspondent, Larry Madowowho has been reporting on the election, shared a detailed account of one of Bobi Wine’s meetings, showing the power of the tear gas that was sent.
“I have been tear gassed a lot in the last two years, but the chemical in Uganda was bad! Even the police were suffering around me. Look at the army of security officers around us. Let me tell you, Maina, I thought I was dying!” Madowo said in a Facebook post.
In the video he shared, armed officers were seen struggling to escape clouds of tear gas, covering their eyes, as violence continued around them.
“It has been a very chaotic scene, and this happens at every Bobi Wine campaign rally,” with the sounds of tear gas and live gunfire ringing out on the ground,” Madowo added.
Watch the video here:
Social media users are commenting on Larry Madowo being teargassed
Madowo’s photos and comments have caused a stir on social media, with many social media commentators comparing the events to protest of the past in Kenya, when tear gas was widely used against protesters.
Here are some of the comments they shared:
Abu T Hakim:
“Isn’t it as sweet as ours?”
Hon Wynya Nyangenya:
“Your name must appear in Uganda’s history book during their second independence.”
Glen Johnstone Mwangi:
“Uganda’s tear gas is manufactured in Russia by a Russian chemical company known as Octavo chemical & Gas Limited, it is very hot.”
Kennedy Koskey:
“I can feel it from my phone Bana, Larry are you okay?”
Chrispus Ssemambaya:
“This is how we suffer in Uganda, but for us, tear gas no longer works; now we have upgraded to bullets. The revolution is coming, and we will be here for it.”
Happygal Abby:
“I remember a class we had with a certain lecturer, and he was like a CNN reporter, you have to work under pressure, and you also have to send the news before you die…but things are liiiiive. Good job, Larry, keep it up.”
Tinah Bae:
“But why are the officers also running out of tear gas? I thought they didn’t feel it.”
Was Larry Madowo paid to expose the chaos in Tanzania?
Last week, Larry became a hot topic after reporting on the violence that occurred during the election Tanzania.
He aired an article on CNN highlighting the claims of multiple deaths, which caused controversy.
Some critics claimed that he had been sponsored or paid to produce the report.
However, Larry strongly defended his journalistic integrity, saying that he was neither paid nor sponsored.
He advised the Tanzanian government to deal with and refute his claims with the truth, instead of misleading the public.
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