Bobi Wine of Uganda says his bodyguard was “deliberately” run over and killed

Bobi Wine of Uganda says his bodyguard was “deliberately” run over and killed

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“I am sorry to announce the murder of my security team member Francis Senteza Kalibala, also known as Frank. He was deliberately run over by a military police truck,” wrote Wine, a pop musician who became a politician. Twitter.

A Ugandan military spokesman denied that Wine’s bodyguard was the target.

“The UPDF (People’s Defense Force of Uganda) would like to clarify that the late Senteza … was not run over by a Military Police vehicle as alleged, but fell from a car at high speed … he tried to jump to ( sic), but dropped out, “Brig. Gen. Flavia Byekwaso, the spokeswoman, wrote on Twitter Sunday night.

Wine said the incident happened while his team was taking local journalist Ashraf Kasirye to seek medical help after he was injured by the police.

“He’s in a critical condition”, Wine wrote on Twitter from Kasirye’s injury. “We really hope he lives.”

Police spokesman Fred Enanga told Reuters that supporters of Wine met on Sunday in Masaka, 125 kilometers (78 miles) southwest of the capital Kampala.

Wine tweeted that he had attended a religious service in the city.

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Enanga said Wine’s supporters are “violent”, but gave no further details about what they are doing.

“Tear gas was used to repress violence. Journalists were pitifully caught during the process of dispersing the violent group,” said Enanga in an online statement, adding that the circumstances are being investigated.

Enanga told Reuters that Kasirye suffered a serious injury above his left eye, “allegedly caused by a can of tear gas”.

In an interview with CNN earlier this month, Wine said he had almost been killed twice in the past few weeks and asked the international community to hold the Ugandan government accountable before next month’s elections.

Wine also accused the military of taking over the electoral process and said his campaign team was attacked with tear gas and shots from real bullets.

Bobi Wine says the police shot through the window of his vehicle while he was trying to get through a roadblock on December 1.
Wine is challenging current President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for more than 30 years, in the January 14 elections. The musician accused Museveni of being a dictator responsible for human rights abuses, after at least 45 people were killed in protests last month caused by Wine’s arrest for violating Covid-19 regulations at a campaign rally.

Although officials said the restrictions are necessary to stem the spread of Covid-19, opposition members and supporters say they are an excuse to contain the campaign before the election.

At the time, witnesses told CNN that undercover police, military and gunmen fired high-caliber rifles in dense urban areas to contain the protests. These accounts were supported by several videos shared on social networks during the chaos.

Additional reporting by Reuters.

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