• Bobi Wine confirmed he is in hiding and moving locations after intelligence reports warned of threats to his life.
• He revealed that his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, is hospitalised following injuries and trauma from a raid on their home.
• The NUP leader criticised police, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, and religious leaders for what he called disturbing silence.

Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has spoken out from hiding after resurfacing in Gomba, his mother’s ancestral home. The National Unity Platform (NUP) president has been keeping a low profile since leaving his Magere residence on January 16, following intelligence reports that police were allegedly planning to harm him.

Despite being in hiding, Bobi Wine says he has continued moving from place to place as a way of protecting his life. During his recent visit to Gomba, he opened up about the pain and anger he is carrying, particularly over the condition of his wife, Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi.

Bobi Wine revealed that his wife is currently hospitalised after suffering injuries and trauma during a raid on their home. He described the incident as deeply disturbing and questioned the silence that followed, especially from institutions meant to protect citizens.

The NUP leader criticised both the police and the Uganda Human Rights Commission for failing to issue what he described as a meaningful statement on the incident. To him, the silence is part of a bigger problem.

According to Bobi Wine, Uganda is being run like a family enterprise where those in power are untouchable, while ordinary citizens have no voice. He argued that even state institutions and officers are powerless to speak out. “This is what happens when the country is under family rule. Everybody else, including employees or even the police, cannot say a thing,” he said.

He also expressed disappointment with religious leaders, noting that members of the Inter-Religious Council had visited his home just a day before the raid to check on his wife. “The Inter Religious Community was at my house and spoke to my wife. I am yet to hear their statement on what happened,” he added.

Speaking from hiding, Bobi Wine insisted that his voice will not be silenced. He said he will continue finding ways to communicate with Ugandans and encouraged them to stay strong and keep playing their part in the struggle, whether individually or collectively.