“This morning, ahead of my planned visit to Kayunga District to campaign for our flag bearer, the police and military deployed overnight around my home in an apparent attempt to block me from leaving,” Bobi Wine tweeted.
Bobi Wine in house arrest
The Magere home of former presidential candidate, Mr. Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has been ringed by security forces ahead of his visit to Kayunga District tomorrow.
Tensions have been rising ever since Kayunga RDC Ssempala Kigozi said Bobi Wine would not be allowed in Kayunga District tomorrow to campaign for the National Unity Platform (NUP)’s flag bearer in the LCV by-election, Ms. Harriet Nakwedde.
The plot thickens as President Museveni is also expected in the district on the campaign trail in Kayunga to stump for NRM’s party flag bearer, Mr. Andrew Muwonge.
Ssempala claims Bobi Wine is trying to steal the president’s thunder by making sure their visits coincide.
“He (Bobi Wine) was slated to campaign for his candidate last week but when he heard that President Museveni was coming to campaign for the NRM candidate on Tuesday, he also changed to Tuesday,” Mr. Ssempala said. In a revealing twist, he added that he ‘organized’ with the Special Forces Command (SFC) to coordinate Bobi Wine’s.
Instead, the situation has degenerated into Bobi Wine being confined to his home in Magere.
“The military has increased deployment around my home. No one is allowed to leave or enter. Our security guard and gardener have been violently arrested, beaten and bundled into 'drones' outside our gate. Their phones confiscated,” Bobi Wine tweeted.
However, Mr. Dennis Namuwoza, the acting Commissioner of Police in charge of operations at Kayunga central police station said Bobi Wine is unencumbered to visit Kayunga as long as he follows the electoral commission guidelines.
As a standoff is imminent, it remains to be seen whether Bobi Wine will be free to campaign in Kayunga at the same time as President Museveni.
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