Ugandan police have arrested seven people for allegedly belonging to two terror cells, and having links to a raid in the central Lukaya and Butambala districts.
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The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and release him and his wife Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi. This is an arbitrary detention, said Amnesty International as the post-election blockade entered its 7
th day. Robert Kyagulanyi and his wife, Barbara Kyagulanyi, are being held under house arrest without being presented before a judge and for a non-cognizable offence Deprose Muchena, Director for East and Southern Africa
Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, was declared runner-up by the Electoral Commission in last week’s presidential election, with 34.8% of the vote, behind President Yoweri Museveni, who it said got 58.6%. Bobi Wine and his National Unity Platform (NUP) party have alleged fraud.
Ugandan police and the army were Monday evening still deployed at the residence of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine in Magere village, Wakiso District, despite a court earlier ordering them to leave immediately.
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 at about 9.30am.
By 2pm Monday when
Daily Monitor left the area, there were four roadblocks manned by police and the army on Magere road off Gayaza-Kampala road.
Journalists stopped
Two cars carrying journalists were stopped at the second roadblock and ordered to go back. Many cars heading to or returning from Magere were thoroughly checked.