"M7 has cancelled my Dubai concert" Bobi Wine

 

The national Unity platform president who doubles as Musician, Hon. Robert kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine  had traveled to Dubai to perform at a charity convert aimed at helping stranded Ugandans in Arab countries. 

 Via his Twitter account Bobi wine says that the Event has been stopped by Dubai Authority.  

"Unfortunately our Charity Concert in Dubai has been cancelled! The venue owner has been instructed to cancel. The information available shows Ugandan authorities have been working tooth and nail to ensure it doesn't happen! The first attempt was to deny me entry, and now this!" Said bobi Wine. 

 Earlier on today morning,  through his official twitter account, National Unity platform Boss, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Aka Bobi wine alleged  that he had  been arrested.

"Landed in Dubai at 8:30pm. It’s now 5am. I’ve been held & interrogated for 8hrs. They asked me about NUP, it's leaders, their phone numbers, my family members & their contacts! I have all necessary travel docs. They’ve confiscated my passport & my phone. Am literary under arrest" Said  Bobi wine. 

Nubian Li confirmed that Bobi Wine was held at the Airport from the time of arrival at 8:30pm and was put under interrogation. "All his travel documents and phones have been confiscated. A series of frustrations have been happening with all the performance venues" said Nubian Li

Nubian also noted that they've been changing changing Venues at last hours right from 6th October 2022 Qatar's show . 

During the arrest, one of the event organizers was also arrested and detained along with bobi wine 

Bobi Wine is expected  to throw charity concert in Dubai to free stranded Ugandan.

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known by his stage name Bobi Wine announced a concert aimed at raising funds to assist Ugandans stranded in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and other gulf countries a month ago. 

In a tweet dated September 11, 2022, Bobi Wine said as it is well known, hundreds of Ugandans are stranded in these countries with no help. Many of them want to return home but have no funds to facilitate their travels.

“On 8th Oct, 2022 we shall be live in concert at Abu Hail Club Stadium in Dubai, and on 9th Oct, 2022 in Abu Dhabi at Villagio Hotel & Resort,” Bobi Wine said on Twitter.

He also added that proceeds will go to assist stranded sisters and brothers. “Let’s turn up in our usual large numbers and make the cause worthwhile,” Bobi Wine urged fans.

In June 2022, the office of the Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs extended a helping hand to more than 30 Ugandan migrant workers who were stranded in Saudi Arabia to return home.

The development came following a tour to the Gulf region by the Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs Amb. Abbey Walusimbi aimed at familiarising himself with the dynamics of the living and working conditions of Ugandan migrant workers.

While in Saudi Arabia, Walusimbi alongside the Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs, Mary Kawuma met and interacted with more than 500 distressed migrant workers, who shared stories behind their plight.

During the tour, issues raised by the girls were related to being forced to work in different family and friends’ houses without their consent, harsh treatment by their female employers, denying them decent meals, working beyond 15 hours, sexual harassment from some male employers and their relatives and delayed or no payment of their salary dues among others.

Coming to the rescue of stranded Ugandans, some natives have pledged to buy tickets in contribution to the cause though they may not be able to make it to the concerts physically.

A one Sylvia Nankabirwa tweeted, “Thank you Mr. President [Bobi Wine]. Can we have ways through which we can buy tickets even when we cannot attend physically? This may include a Bank account for people in the diaspora and a mobile money number for us in Uganda. God bless”.

Story By: Musamali Arnold.