By Derrick Wandera
National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has said the dispute over the ownership of 640 acres of Magere land is “another form of government persecution” targeting him.
Bobi Wine told Daily Monitor in an interview yesterday that he acquired his land, which is part of that dispute, in 2002 and that he has all the documents to support his occupancy of it.
He also revealed that he bought part of the disputed land before most of the current occupants had settled on it.
“These have been schemes by the government to see that I don’t remain with anything. All my properties have since been contested following my presidential bid. I am not scared because I have the land title to this land and many Ugandans on this land, just like have been on other pieces of land, are suffering because of me,” Bobi Wine said.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
Former presidential candidate and opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine walks in the compound of his home in Magere, Wakiso district, during electoral campaign-period prior to the January 14 presidential elections. PHOTO/FILE/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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Ms Justine Nakamatte Namusisi wants court to cancel all titles on the suit land so that she can repossess the property she claims to have inherited from her great grandfather.
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When Ms Damalie Namaganda Kayondo late last year wanted to mortgage part of her land to get money to cushion her through the financial distress caused by Covid-19, Wakiso Land board would not let the transaction succeed.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 26 2021
Security personnel check a vehicle that was headed for Magere in Wakiso District, the home of former National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. Court yesterday ordered security personnel to leave the politician’s home, 12 days after they besieged his residence. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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Instead, military and police deployments had been reinforced and checkpoints on the road to his residence had also been increased from two to four when Daily Monitor went to Magere.
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By last evening, police and the army were still deployed at the residence of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, in Magere Village, Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, despite court earlier ordering them to leave his home immediately.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 12 2021
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Bobi Wine said he had written to EC seeking approval for his campaign programme in 15 districts he had been earlier blocked from visiting by security agencies.
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The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last campaigned in Namayingo District on January 7, five days to the official closure of campaigns.
Since that day, Bobi Wine has not been allowed to hold another campaign in any district because he refused to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as directed by the Electoral Commission, saying it was targeting him alone.
Mr Kyagulanyi told Daily Monitor at his home in Magere Village, Wakiso District, on Sunday that he had not been to any district to campaign since January 7 because the EC has not approved the new campaign programme he submitted last week, and that his team had not received any positive response despite their continued reminders to the commi