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‘I am not free!’ – Bobi Wine reveals his home is still under siege
22nd January, 2026 05:35 PM
Uganda’s most prominent opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine has come out and revealed that he is not free, while further explaining the whereabouts of his close political allies just days after the just-concluded general elections.
Taking to his official X account on Thursday, January 22, 2026, Bobi Wine explained his worry, revealing that the current regime is trying to hunt him down.
On his part, Wine has noted that his home is still under seige while three of his close allies are in detention after what he described as an abduction from their homes on a similar day.
“I am not free. My home is still under siege, and the criminal regime is trying to hunt me down. And yet, three out of my four Deputy Presidents are also in detention! My Deputy President for Northern Uganda, Dr. Lina Zedriga Waru is still missing, having been abducted from her home on 15th January,” Bobi tweeted.
Wine has further sounded an alarm that his Deputy President for Central Region, Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi, was arrested on Thursday, January 22, 2026, and he is currently held at Kira Division Police.
“My Deputy President for Western Uganda, Hon. Jolly Jacklyn Tukamushaba is still missing, having been abducted from Rukiga District on 14th January. My Deputy President for Central Region, Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi was today arrested and he’s being currently held at Kira Division Police,” Bobi added.
“As the persecution intensifies, may be remain rooted in hope and faith, that our struggle – the Ugandan struggle – will end in victory,” Bobi explained.
Wine blames govt
The outcry comes just days after Uganda went to the ballot, at the time Bobi Wine accused the government of ballot stuffing and arresting and abducting his party’s officials during Thursday’s general election, which took place against the backdrop of an internet shutdown.
The pop star turned politician Bobi Wine wrote on X: “Internet switched off. Massive ballot stuffing reported everywhere. Our leaders … arrested. Many of our polling agents and supervisors abducted, and others chased off polling stations. RISE TO THE OCCASION AND REJECT THE CRIMINAL REGIME.”
Voting in the election, which resulted in President Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power, was delayed in many parts of the country because of technical and logistical issues.
Some polling stations in the capital, Kampala, and the eastern city of Jinja remained closed several hours after voting was supposed to start. According to local reports, in some instance ballot papers had not been delivered and biometric machines used to check voters’ identities were not working. Anxious crowds at polling stations spoke of their concerns about the delay.
David Lewis Rubongoya, the secretary general of Wine’s National Unity Platform, (NUP) said no voting took place in the morning across much of Kampala. “Everything they are doing is a sham and it is deliberate,” he said of the government.
Museveni acknowledged that even he had experienced challenges in voting and promised to investigate the matter.
In the run-up to the vote, security forces – over which Museveni has total control – frequently broke up Wine’s campaign events using teargas and gunshots and by bludgeoning his supporters. At least one person was killed and hundreds were arrested.
