Police have clarified that the heavy security deployment is at the home of National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, over national security concerns.
Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke said security agencies would only take action against Bobi Wine if he committed a specific criminal offence, stressing that no such offence has been established so far.
“If he commits a very particular offence, like I said earlier when I was talking about these issues, we would certainly either invite him to police or arrest him and take him to court,” Rusoke said.
He explained that the deployment around Bobi Wine’s residence is part of what he described as specific operational postures adopted in the interest of national security.
“At the moment, just know that there are very specific operational postures around his premises in the interest of national security,” Rusoke said, adding that the measures are preventive and aimed at safeguarding the security of the country.
Rusoke noted that he had not yet been fully briefed on the finer operational details but said the information would be shared once available.
“I have not been given that information yet, but if it ever comes out, I will certainly share it. At the moment, I don’t have this information,” he said.
He further mentioned that he had not yet received a Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) report detailing arrests made during and after the elections, but said police would share the information once it becomes available.
He also dismissed allegations that a curfew had been imposed, saying arrests being made were a result of ongoing investigations and security operations, not restrictions on public movement.
“There is no curfew anywhere, because it is a highly restrictive measure on people’s movement. What we are having are spot checks in the interest of security, and in line with our duties, and out of that check, police can further make some arrests or impoundment of items in the interests of investigations,” Kituuma said.
Last week, senior NUP leaders, including the party’s vice presidents for the Western, Northern and Buganda regions, were remanded on charges of inciting violence .
NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya has accused security agencies of carrying out a post-election crackdown, claiming that several party supporters and leaders were arrested across the country following the elections.
Police have rejected claims of politically motivated arrests, insisting that all operations are based on individual conduct, intelligence-led investigations and national security considerations.