Exiled Ugandan Supreme Court judge protests escalating post-poll crackdown
Exiled Justice Esther Kisaakye protests Uganda’s violent post-election crackdown as army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders Bobi Wine captured “dead or alive.”..
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Exiled former Ugandan Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye has condemned a violent post-election crackdown in Uganda, following disputed elections where President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner with 71.65 percent of the vote.
- Justice Kisaakye protested the labeling of opposition leaders as "terrorists" and escalating violence targeting supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) Party.
- Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Museveni’s son and head of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, publicly ordered troops to capture opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) "dead or alive" and admitted to killing "22 NUP terrorists."
- Kyagulanyi’s residence was raided multiple times, with security forces seizing property and threatening his family, which he described as an attempt to intimidate the opposition.
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Following a contested election where President Yoweri Museveni secured a seventh term with 71.65 percent of the vote, Uganda has lifted its ban on social media platforms. The ban was imposed after the January general elections and its removal was announced by Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. In the post-election period, exiled former Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye has condemned a violent crackdown on the opposition. President Museveni has since outlined a five-year agenda which includes safeguarding peace and eradicating poverty. Amidst these tensions, military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba also denied claims that soldiers had assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi, wife of opposition leader Bobi Wine.
