Shortly after acting UPDF spokesperson Col Chris Magezi said the army was neither looking for Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, leader of opposition and National Unity Platform (NUP) spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi has asked the military’s mouthpiece why soldiers are still stationed at Bobi’s Magere home.
In defending military police checkpoints in the Kampala Metropolitan Area, Col Magezi said the operation was meant to enforce traffic rules and restore sanity on the roads.
But Ssenyonyi says the operation is “politically motivated,” with security reportedly depending on intelligence reports he believes are rumors to put up operations with the aim of finding Bobi Wine.
Ssenyonyi says the security operatives are not as smart as they are and won’t find him.
He has advised security to simply summon Bobi Wine if they want him instead of them pretending that they are not looking for him.
“So, what are they still doing at his house? Because his house is like a barracks, it’s like a garrison, why if it’s not him they are interested in?”
He also dismissed the claim that the operation was meant to restore sanity and enforce traffic rules, saying “you don’t return sanity to traffic by searching every car” but rather checking if one has the requirements.
“But they open car boots, they ransack the cars. What are you looking for? That cannot be related to traffic,” Ssenyonyi argued.
“They stop every bodaboda and say “remove your helmet.’ I thought your interest traffic wise is to see that bodaboda riders are wearing helmets. If he’s wearing a helmet, you let him pass.”
You can the UPDF statement on military deployments at checkpoints reportedly meant for Bobi Wine’s arrest Here.
