Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 19 2021
This photo tweeted by Bobi Wine on January 19, 2021 shows Bobi Wine, his wife Barbra Itungo and a child who he says is a relative who had paid them a visit before the security siege last week. PHOTO/ COURTESY
Summary
Bobi Wine’s confinement is not a new tactic in Uganda government’s rule book in suppressing main political challengers who aim to challenge results of presidential elections in court.
On the day of voting during the 2016 elections, security grabbed then presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who alleged that the ballot had been rigged, and placed him under house arrest for more than 40 days and freed him after the period to file election petition had lapsed.