The army has tightened its presence at the home of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and has again forced its way into the property, ransacking it, according to the opposition politician.
In a post on X on February 3, Bobi Wine said soldiers surrounding his home in Magere entered the house overnight and took control of the premises.
“Last night, the military surrounding our home in Magere once again forced themselves into the house. They are now fully occupying the home,” he wrote.
He said his family had been unable to assess the extent of the damage caused during an earlier raid on January 23, when soldiers broke into the house and vandalised property.
According to Bobi Wine, soldiers seized items and documents during the raids, but family members have not been allowed access to determine what was taken.
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Bobi Wine has remained in hiding since fleeing his home days after the January 15 presidential election, saying he feared imminent house arrest.
From undisclosed locations, he has posted videos urging Ugandans to reject the election results. The Electoral Commission declared President Yoweri Museveni the winner with 71.65% of the vote, against Bobi Wine’s 24.72%. Bobi Wine rejected the outcome, calling it “fake”.
The army has said Bobi Wine is not under threat and that the deployment around his home is intended to ensure his safety.
However, army chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has repeatedly posted on X that Bobi Wine is wanted and that he had instructed soldiers to capture him “dead or alive”.
He has also said he ordered troops to storm Bobi Wine’s home and interrogate his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, about her husband’s whereabouts.
Mrs Kyagulanyi has publicly described the raid as violent, saying soldiers ransacked the house, smashed doors, climbed into the ceiling, forced her to surrender her phone password and undressed her.
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She sustained injuries and was admitted to Nsambya Hospital, from where she has since been discharged.
Bobi Wine’s current location remains unknown. In one video he posted, he appeared at his family’s burial grounds.
Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer who has represented Bobi Wine for eight years, said he was “shocked and appalled” by repeated statements from Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba calling for the capture of the opposition leader “dead or alive”.
“Everyone agrees that Bobi Wine has committed no crime other than once again winning the hearts and minds of the people of Uganda,” Amsterdam said in a video posted on X.
He added that international law offered limited remedies against individuals who openly threaten political opponents while operating with the protection of state power.
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