Uganda’s Military Chief Threatens to Kill Bobi Wine

Uganda’s post-election tensions deepened this week after the country’s army chief publicly threatened opposition leader Bobi Wine, as authorities intensified a crackdown on dissent following President Yoweri Museveni’s disputed re-election. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the outspoken son of Yoweri Museveni and head of Uganda’s armed forces, brazenly declared on X that he wanted Wine dead, days after the opposition leader said he had been forced into hiding following a security raid on his home. Kainerugaba’s remarks came after Museveni, 81, was declared the winner of last week’s presidential election with 71.6% of the vote, securing an eighth term in office. Opposition challenger Bobi Wine, a 43-year-old pop star-turned-politician whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, finished second with 24%, according to official results that have been widely criticised by election observers and rights groups. "We have killed 22 NUP terrorists since last week. I’m praying the 23rd is Kabobi,” Kainerugaba wrote late Monday on X, using a derogatory nickname for Wine and referring to his National Unity Platform party. In a separate post, he gave Wine "48 hours to surrender” to police, threatening to treat him as an outlaw if he failed to do so. He clarified that the ultimatum was entirely his personal action, stating, “I exonerate my great and venerable father from what I’m going to do to Kabobi (Bobi Wine).”