Written By | BK Mugizi
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Hundreds of armed security personnel on Tuesday night raided a home belonging to leading opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, in Magere, Wakiso District, leaving extensive destruction and assaulting occupants. Kyagulanyi, who recently lost the presidential election, is the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP).
Photos: vandalised home of Kyagulanyis in Magere
According to a statement released by Kyagulanyi on his social media platform X, soldiers—many dressed in Special Forces Command (SFC) uniforms, others in regular Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) attire, and some in plain clothes—stormed the residence late at night. He alleged that several of them appeared intoxicated. “They came with ladders, ready to climb upstairs. They broke our doors and forcefully entered the house,” Kyagulanyi said. “Using hammers, they smashed walls, window panes and doors, causing massive destruction.”
Kyagulanyi said the soldiers searched every part of the home, including the ceiling, claiming he was hiding inside the house. “My wife was held at gunpoint and ordered to reveal my whereabouts,” he said. “When she failed, they stole money, valuable documents and all the electronic gadgets they could find.”
Items allegedly taken include mobile phones, laptops, chargers, an internet system, CCTV equipment and speakers.
Kyagulanyi further said his wife was forced to surrender her phone and ordered to unlock it.
“When she refused, they strangled her, insulted her and assaulted her,” he said. “They forcefully removed her blouse and took pictures of her.”
According to Kyagulanyi, the attackers spoke in Runyankore and questioned his wife about her marriage.
“They asked her why she would marry a Muganda and why we would dare challenge Museveni,” he said.
The opposition leader added that the family’s security guard and housemaid were also beaten during the operation. “They ordered the askari to show them where the basement was, insisting that I was hiding there. They even asked where my children were,” Kyagulanyi said.
Following the raid, Kyagulanyi said his wife was rushed to hospital, where she remains admitted.
“She is dealing with both physical injuries and deep psychological trauma,” he said.
Kyagulanyi condemned the raid, describing it as part of continued intimidation against opposition figures.
“We remain firm in our belief in justice and freedom,” he said, reiterating his long-held stance that “we are fighting for a Uganda where no one is above the law and where every citizen is treated with dignity.”
By press time, security authorities had not issued an official statement regarding the raid.
Torch Media Africa
