Uganda's opposition leader President Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has revealed that his wife is receiving treatment in hospital after a violent raid on their home in Magere on Friday night.
In a detailed statement on social media, Bobi Wine described the raid as a large-scale operation involving hundreds of soldiers. Some were in Special Forces Command (SFC) and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) uniforms, while others wore plain clothes.
“They broke our doors, hammered walls and windows, and forced themselves inside,” Bobi Wine wrote.
He alleged that his wife was threatened at gunpoint and interrogated about his whereabouts, while soldiers ransacked the house, stealing money, laptops, phones, chargers, internet and CCTV equipment, and other valuables.
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The NUP leader said the raid left his family traumatized.
He described physical and psychological abuse directed at his wife, including being strangled, insulted, and photographed after being forcibly disrobed.
Bobi Wine claimed that soldiers demanded information on the location of his children and areas in the house where he might have been hiding.
He said security personnel remain deployed around his residence.
Despite the reported violence, Bobi Wine reaffirmed his commitment to Uganda’s political struggle.