Bobi Wine, campaign team ‘arrested’

KAMPALA: Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested in Kalangala yesterday, he said in a Twitter post.

The arrests spurred protests on Kalangala Island in Lake Victoria where a helicopter was parked and which Wine’s supporters said they believed would be used to fly him back to Kampala.

Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd who were protesting and said Wine was being stopped from holding rallies due to “increased threats of coronavirus”.

Wine is the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in the presidential election on January 14.