Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has confirmed he has fled Uganda to meet allies abroad.
Bobi Wine has been in hiding since mid-January 2026 following an election in which he ran as presidential candidate and lost to incumbent, elderly and long-serving leader Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), according to official results by the Electoral Commission.
He has been consistent in claiming that the poll was rigged in Museveni’s favour. Bobi Wine would run from his home in Magere, Wakiso District, fearing that the regime would harm him if he remained there.
“Fellow Ugandans and friends of Uganda! Two months ago, Museveni yet again usurped the will of the people of Uganda and declared himself president on gunpoint. A day later, gripped by shame and fear, the military invaded my home to harm me, but I was able to evade them and go into hiding,” he narrated.
Bobi Wine says Ugandans hid him from security operatives who “looked for me everywhere,” raiding his home and houses of his associates.
“Over the past two months, the regime has looked for me everywhere. They have raided the homes of many colleagues and fellow leaders, mounted roadblocks and spot checks of vehicles and motorcycles, arrested and dismissed the police officers assigned to my campaign, raided our home in the village, and kept my home under siege,” said the NUP leader on March 14, 2026.
“Well, they couldn’t find me because the people of Uganda sheltered me and protected me.”
He now says he has left the country to meet allies and that he will return after a few weeks. He has called on his supporters to remain focused and united.
“Today, I am announcing my brief exit from the country to handle important work,” he said.
“Over the next few weeks, I will engage with our friends and allies all over the world before returning to Uganda to continue the push for freedom and democracy! For now, let’s remain focused and united.”
The UPDF says they are neither looking for Bobi Wine nor interested in him, despite arresting his police guards (some of whom have been dismissed), as reported Here, Here and Over There.
