Main opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has has left the country after two months of hiding following the 2026 presidential election in which he was a candidate. And, it seems it’s not yet over as Bobi Wine sends clear message to Museveni and Muhoozi as he flees Uganda to lobby for sanctions against several government officials.
In a video recording shared online after he had left the country, Bobi Wine talked of travelling abroad “for some critical engagements outside Uganda” and returning home “at the right time” to “continue with the cause.”
“Fellow Ugandans and friends of Uganda all over the world, by the time you see this video I will have left the country for some critical engagements outside Uganda and at the right time I will come back and continue with the cause,” he said.
Bobi Wine also says he intends to lobby for sanctions “against Museveni and his enablers,” and to push for funding freezes for the Museveni regime.
“Now this is why I’m hiding and that’s why I’m leaving the country for a while. We decided to fight back not only within the country but also internationally and among the things that we hope to pursue are targeted sanctions against Museveni and his enablers,” Bobi Wine noted.
“We also want those countries that are funding Museveni’s killing machine to stop and if possible to completely cut ties with the regime in Uganda.”
He went on to say that while he had been engaging international allies virtually, he now looked forward to physical meeting on the push for sanctions against the Museveni regime.
“In the recent days we’ve been speaking on international platforms although we’ve been doing it virtually. Now we are going to be doing it physically and on that note I want to notify the comrades and leadership in the diaspora that I will be with you in the coming days,” said Bobi Wine.
“Let us prepare to lobby, to mobilize, to organize and push back against the violations in Uganda.”
Appointing his deputy, Dr Lina Zedriga to serve as the NUP acting president, Bobi Wine said he would return after engagements abroad for the regime in Kampala to do anything it wants.
“After doing my work on the international platform I will return back to my country and let the regime do whatever they want to me in full view of the world,” he said.
“After all I have not committed any crime, running for president is not a crime.”
Bobi Wine also attempted to compare NRA bush war scenarios with his hiding, saluting the people for protecting him as the state security agencies sought to arrest him.
“I want to thank in a very special way the people of Uganda for your prayers, for your support and your encouragement. You have once again demonstrated that once you believe in something especially an idea of liberation you will contribute the little that you have including risking your lives and your families to protect those that are fighting for that idea,” he said.
“You did this before in the 1980s and you have done it again in 2026 and I’m sure you will continue doing it whenever it’s necessary. Just different times, different generations but same mission, a mission to freedom. It’s laughable that for almost two months the entire security apparatus of Uganda has invested billions of taxpayers money to search for me everywhere but they failed to get me.
Why? Because the people have protected me. They have staged roadblocks everywhere, searching vehicles and even forcing motorcycle riders and their passengers to remove helmets causing traffic jam and inconveniencing citizens all on the orders of Museveni’s son. They have raided homes of my comrades searching for me.”
Read our earlier report on Bobi Wine fleeing Uganda Here.
The Ugandan army say they are not looking for Bobi Wine and that they are not interested in him, despite arresting his police guards (some of whom have been dismissed), as reported Here, Here and Over There.
