Ugandan Bobi Wine remains under house arrest

Uganda’s presidential challenger Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine has appealed to the world to help him as he remained under house arrest with riot police and troops stationed outside his home.

“We have run short of food supplies but when my wife tried to go to our garden to pick food she was assaulted by the military. The only practical plan now is to inform the world to see that fellow citizens of the world can help us”, he said in an audio conversation.

On Monday, his lawyers tried to get access to the politician. But they were unsuccessful as police detail their presence at his residence.

“We know that his home is not a detention centre, and we know that it’s a private property, so we will try to see how we can access it”, Lawyer at Pace Advocates, George Musisi said.

Meanwhile, Bobi Wine’s spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi said “They are just here like mannequins – they can’t talk to you, they can’t say a thing, which is very disturbing, but our lawyers will let you know how we are going to proceed on these matters.”

Wine has said he will challenge results of the January 14 presidential election which long-time leader Yoweri Museveni won with 58% of votes cast.

With 34% of the vote, Wine said the election was fraudulent. His party has said it has video evidence of the military stuffing ballot boxes, casting ballots for people and chasing voters away from polling stations.

However, Museveni has dismissed the claims of vote-rigging.

Olajumoke Adeleke