Uganda: Bobi Halts Campaigns As Personal Guard Dies

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Uganda: Bobi Halts Campaigns As Personal Guard Dies

[Monitor] A personal bodyguard to Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, was yesterday run over by a truck, killing him.

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Henderson, George Washington (c. 1850-1936)

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