25.1.2026
Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi wife of Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine has narrated her ordeal in the hands of soldiers who raided her home in search of her husband.
Bobi Wine had gone into hiding following threats by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who heads the country’s army, vowed to hunt Bobi Wine down and kill him.
“One of the main reasons they came was to look for my husband because his phone has been home. I switched it on yesterday because there is a password I was looking for and then that was like at around 3[pm]. So, I think they got a signal of his phone and then they were sure he was home. But he had left his phone behind,” said Barbra from her hospital bed.
“[One of the men] held me by my hair, lifted me up, we have poles in the sitting room, and hit my head on the pole and slit my mouth. So, when he hit me, he pulled me down and sat me down. Then he pushed my head and I went down and they sat on me. I could feel four bodies seated on me. Then he said, will you give me the password? I said again in Runyankore, you have already done enough. You are not getting the password.”
Wine’s lawyer has called on the United Nations and the international community to demand immediate, verifiable guarantees of Wine’s safety to ensure he can return to his family without harm.
UN chief Antònio Guterres has said he is following the situation in Uganda with concern.