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Ugandan Opposition MP Decries Kampala Government

Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has criticised his country's government from Washington.

Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has criticised his country's government from Washington. The British academic Nicholas Cheeseman is an expert on east Africa, and tells us how much concern Mr Wine's intervention will cause in Kampala. And we hear about Uganda's economic challenges from entrepreneur Kin Kariisa. Also in the programme, an offshore wind farm near Barrow-in-Furness in north west England has just become the world's largest. Matthew Wright is UK managing director of the Danish wind power Orsted, which manages the turbines, and explains the background. We have a report from the US on efforts there to increase the number of women working on construction sites. Plus sportswear company Nike has sparked controversy ahead of the first game in the new American football season by booking a two minute advert featuring Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who has incurred the wrath of President Trump by leading the Black Lives Matter kneeling protests as the US national anthem is played at games. As some Nike customers have threatened to boycott the firm, Jeetendr Sehdev, an expert on celebrity branding, tells us whether Nike is treading a dangerous line.

(Picture: Bobi Wine. Picture credit: AFP.)

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Thu 6 Sep 2018 14:32GMT

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  • Thu 6 Sep 2018 14:32GMT