A rally celebrating Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's candidacy in next year's election on Wednesday was marred by clashes with police, as political repression intensifies.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 81, who has ruled for four decades, also saw his candidacy for January's election approved by the electoral commission.

Hundreds of young people carrying portraits of Wine gathered on a Kampala street, defying the electoral commission's advice to avoid political gatherings because of security concerns.

Police used batons as some demonstrators tried to break through a cordon.

A youth leader from Wine's National Unity Platform, Allan Sewanyana, was among about a dozen people arrested, according to the party's secretary general Lewis Lubongoya.

Wine, a 43-year-old former singer w

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