The National Unity Platform (NUP) President, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has condemned the recent security raids on the party’s offices, accusing President Yoweri Museveni’s government of orchestrating a systematic crackdown to frustrate opposition activities.
In a statement posted Monday evening via his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Kyagulanyi directly blamed Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, for leading what he termed as a “criminal break-in” at NUP’s headquarters in Kavule and the party’s leadership school in Kamwokya.
“This criminal break-in, sanctioned by the regime and commanded by Museveni’s unhinged son Muhoozi, saw state thugs vandalise our property, steal computers, cameras, documents, and over 40 million shillings in cash. They also disabled our security systems and took the hard drives containing our CCTV footage,” he wrote.
“This was not just an attack on NUP; it was an attack on every Ugandan who believes in change, freedom, and the right to organise without fear. Little wonder it was led by Muhoozi, a bloodthirsty coward hiding behind an X (Twitter) account and his father’s shadow,” Bobi Wine added.
The former presidential contender also revealed that some of the abducted NUP officials, fortunately, resurfaced in the middle of Monday’s press briefing, coming straight from illegal military detention at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) facility in Mbuya.
Among those were Alex Rwanyaga Rovans and Kayabula Eddie, members of NUP’s Elections Management Committee, along with party mobilisers Kinobe Rashid, Kiyemba Sharif, and Bongole Samson.
Bobi Wine, however, maintained that several other party members, including his aide, Achileo Kivumbi, Mugumya Gaddafi, and Wakabi Grace, remain in illegal detention and called out for their release.
“We still demand the release of the rest, such as Achileo Kivumbi, Mugumya Gaddafi, and Wakabi Grace, as well as the release of all political prisoners,” he said.
These abductions are part of a worrying trend targeting NUP officials. On February 18, four senior members of NUP’s electoral commission were kidnapped at gunpoint in Mpigi District while returning from a burial. They later recounted facing intense interrogation and threats aimed at dismantling the party’s activities.
Additionally, on February 17, NUP’s head of mobilisation and Bobi Wine’s elder brother, Fred Nyanzi, was forcefully taken by heavily armed men at Kubbiri traffic lights in Kampala but would later be released after four days in detention at an undisclosed facility.
The Uganda Police Spokesperson ACP Rusoke Kituuma over the weekend stated that the operation at NUP offices aimed to recover “exhibits,” including alleged military attire found at the premises after a video of “foot-soldiers” engaged in alleged military drills went viral on social media.
However, the NUP leader accused security forces of using the operation as a cover to steal valuable party property and intimidate opposition leaders. He further alleged that NUP’s stolen electronic devices had been traced to the Uganda Police Headquarters in Naguru and the CMI headquarters in Mbuya, where he claimed security operatives were attempting to hack into them.
“There are also attempts to hack into some of these devices. Thankfully, our IT teams are doing their best to protect our data, except that which they found in hard copy,” he stated on Saturday evening.
As the crackdown on NUP continues, the opposition party maintains that the ongoing state-sponsored repression is aimed at dismantling its structures ahead of the 2026 elections.
