Bobi Wine claims President-elect Yoweri Museveni is keeping him under house arrest because he rigged the Jan. 14 elections.
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has spoken about the security operative’s action to keep him under house arrest.
Since January 15th, a day after the just concluded presidential elections, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine alias Kyagulanyi has been under house arrest with police insisting that he might entice his supporters to protest towards the election outcomes.
However, while addressing the nation on Facebook live, Bobi Wine said that the ruling party is only keeping him under house arrest to make Ugandans forget that the recent elections were rigged.
“Fellow Ugandans, today I stand here to make my first address after the election of 14th January, which all of you know that we won, and which Gen.Museveni aided by Mr Byabakama and the militarily rigged with impunity and which is the reason why am now under house arrest,” he said.
Kyagulanyi who began by citing how great he was feeling to have an opportunity to speak to Ugandans again after a long time said that he is aware of all trials and tribulations that they have to go through in their endure for freedom and democracy.
The People Power initiator noted that many of their colleagues including his campaign team were arrested a few days to the elections but up to date, they are still detained under no charges.
“As all Ugandans know, many comrades are dead, others are in hospitals nursing wounds of torture and very many others are in prison for standing for the truth,” Kyagulanyi noted.
“These and many other irregularities and fraudulent actions for which we have overwhelming evidence prove one thing- this has been the most fraudulent election in the history of our Country. It is certainly ten times more fraudulent than the 1980 elections which Museveni hinged on to go to the bush and start a war which claimed more than half a million of our people.”
He also lashed out at Museveni for being a coward.
Kyagulanyi said that the country’s constitution provides for all citizens to engage in regular free and fair elections but the incumbent connived with the EC to manipulate the results.
He, however, noted that they have piled up enough evidence about what transpired on January 14 which proves that the results were formulated and miscalculated by the Commission.
“Article 1(4) of the Constitution of Uganda provides that the People shall express their will and consent on who shall govern them and how they should be governed through regular, free and fair elections. But for Museveni and his regime, they have eliminated the words “free and fair,” he added.
“We, therefore, categorically and unequivocally reject the results manufactured by Gen Museveni’s operatives and read by Mr Byabakama because they do not in any way represent what the People of Uganda chose on the 14th of January 2021 and we have overwhelming evidence to this effect.”
