In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said he intends to return to his country, days after resurfacing in Washington following nearly two months in hiding in Uganda. “I am still under threat,” Wine warned, calling for international sanctions against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his son.
Wine fled Uganda in January, days after a presidential election that saw Museveni obtain a controversial seventh term in office and following a military raid on Wine’s home ordered by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Museveni’s son and the head of the military. His home was later raided again and his wife assaulted.
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Wine told FRANCE 24 that Kainerugaba “confessed to killing 24 of my friends” and “said publicly that he was looking for me to make sure I am the 25th dead body”.
In light of these threats, the raids on his home and the attack on his wife, Wine said he took the decision to flee.
‘I am not going to negotiate my freedom’
Speaking from Washington, Wine rejected any transactional approach to his return, saying “I am not going to negotiate my freedom.”
He also called on all democracies to impose sanctions on Museveni, his son and those who “violate human rights” and “subvert democracy and the rule of law” in Uganda.
“It is not about me, but about ourselves,” the star singer-turned-politician said, framing his fight as one for an entire generation of Ugandans.
Museveni has been in power since 1986.
