UGANDAN OPPOSITION LEADER BOBI WINE’S PARTY HAS SAID IT WAS PREPARING TO CHALLENGE PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI’S ELECTION WIN AND CONDEMNED WHAT IT CALLED THE HOUSE ARREST OF WINE, AS NEWS EMERGED OF TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN PROTESTS OVER THE RESULT.
PROTESTS BROKE OUT ON SATURDAY AFTER RESULTS FROM THURSDAY’S ELECTION WERE ANNOUNCED IN TWO AREAS, LUWERO DISTRICT NORTH OF KAMPALA AND MASAKA TO THE SOUTHWEST, AND SECURITY FORCES KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND ARRESTED 23 IN TOTAL, ACCORDING TO REPORT
THE PARTY ALSO SAID AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE OPPOSITION LEADER AND HIS WIFE ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME, WHICH IT SAID IS SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS AND POLICE WHO ARE BLOCKING MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY AND JOURNALISTS FROM ENTERING.
WINE HAS ALSO TOLD THE PRESS THAT HE BELIEVED HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND THAT HE URGED UGANDANS TO REJECT THE ELECTION RESULTS WHILE CALLING ON WESTERN GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE PROVIDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID TO UGANDA TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HE CALLED “MOCKERY OF DEMOCRACY.”
