Former Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine says he is giving President Yoweri Museveni a maximum one year ultimatum to quit office.
“We want Museveni out of office in less than a year,” Bobi Wine said, without elaborating. He said this on Wednesday while talking to newly elected Members Of Parliament from the NUP party
Museveni was declared winner with 59% of votes versus 35% for Wine. The opposition rejected the result, alleging fraud and unfair conditions, including pre-filled ballot sheets, result tallies showing impossibly high numbers of voters and harassment of opposition polling agents.
The government denied irregularities, casting Wine as a foreign puppet and troublemaker, with Museveni the sole guarantor of political stability and economic progress.
Despite the end of the siege, a helicopter circled low over Wine’s residence on Tuesday. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said that was normal surveillance.
“I was born free and I am free. Only that I am everywhere in chains. As you saw, while the court ordered the police to vacate our premises, you still have police and military helicopters, over us,” added Wine, looking tired and stressed.