{"id":112302,"date":"2026-01-23T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112302"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:51:00","slug":"ugandan-mp-and-bobi-wine-ally-arrested-over-election-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112302","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan MP and Bobi Wine ally arrested over election violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ugandan police have detained a lawmaker, and a close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, for his alleged role in election-related violence last week.<\/p>\n

Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy leader of Wine\u2019s National Unity Platform (NUP), is accused of organising attacks on a police station and a vote-tallying centre after their electoral loss, which the party denies.<\/p>\n

The police have said that seven people were killed in the incident, but the politician has given a different account, saying that 10 people were killed at his home as they waited for the parliamentary election results.<\/p>\n

The Uganda Police Force said in a post on X on Thursday that Kivumbi would be \u201carraigned before court in due course\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis arrest is in connection with recent incidents of political violence,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Kivumbi\u2019s arrest follows tensions after last week\u2019s elections in which President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected for a seventh term.<\/p>\n

During his victory speech over the weekend, Museveni warned opposition figures, including Kivumbi, of coordinated plans to attack polling stations.<\/p>\n

He said seven people were shot dead by police after groups of alleged opposition supporters, armed with machetes, attempted to carry out violent attacks in Butambala district outside the capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n

Wine, Museveni\u2019s closest challenger and who is in hiding after fleeing a raid on his house after the elections, has denounced the results as \u201cfake\u201d, citing electoral fraud.<\/p>\n

He has also alleged that there was \u201csilent massacre\u201d under way and a crackdown targeting political activists.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, he posted on social media that more than 100 people had been killed in election violence, without stating evidence.<\/p>\n

This came after Uganda\u2019s army chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also Museveni\u2019s son and his potential successor, said the security forces had killed 22 opposition supporters during poll-related violence.<\/p>\n

Since the election, Ugandan authorities have reportedly arrested dozens of youths on various charges linked to election-related incidents in Kampala.<\/p>\n

Museveni first came to power as a rebel leader in 1986. He will have served for 45 years when the next term ends in 2031.<\/p>\n

Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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