I’m Afraid For My Life And Wife’s Life, Uganda Opposition Leader, Bobi Wine Speaks From House Arrest
The leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, Bobi Wine, has said his life and that of his wife are in danger as the President Yoweri Museveni government continues to keep them under house arrest. Wine said troops raided the headquarters of his party, National Unity Platform, on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to Museveni’s declared victory in last week’s presidential election. Wine, who is himself under house arrest, told FRANCE 24 that he and his wife remain “in danger”. He said, “My wife and I are under house arrest. The military surrounded our house; more than 400 of them have surrounded our house. We are not allowed to leave; nobody is allowed to leave or to come in. We have run out of food. My wife was assaulted yesterday when she was trying to go to the garden to pick food. “My lawyers are not allowed to see me and party officials are also not allowed to visit me and also all journalists are blocked from coming to see me so we are isolated, myself a