US EditionUganda: Army Chief Says 2,000 Rival Supporters Held, 30 Killed After Father Museveni’s Election Win
Military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba described detained opposition supporters as terrorists while opposition rejects vote results and reports missing leaders and unlawful detentions.
- On January 23, 2026, Uganda's army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba said about 2,000 opposition supporters were detained and 30 killed after the January 15 vote that gave President Yoweri Museveni a seventh term.
- President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term with 72% in the January 15 vote, held during an internet blackout, which Bobi Wine rejected as a `brazen theft` due to alleged ballot stuffing.
- Detentions included senior NUP figures and missing activists, with Muwanga Kivumbi remanded in Butambala court until February 3 on terrorism charges; an opposition lawyer said more than 600 were arrested.
- Amid international concern, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on January 22 urged restraint and respect for human rights, while African observers and international NGOs criticised heavy repression and internet shutdowns.
- Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the army chief and son of President Museveni, is widely seen as being groomed to succeed his father and is known for provocative posts calling Bobi Wine and the National Unity Platform `hooligans` and `terrorists`.
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Ugandan army leader Muhoozi Kainerugaba welcomed on Friday the death of 30 members of the opposition and the arrest of 2,000 of their supporters. The EU deplores the violence that tainted the recent elections in the country.
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, who has been leading the African country for 40 years, officially won a seventh presidential term a week ago, but his legitimacy is challenged because of the muscular methods used to achieve his goals.
Dozens killed, 2,000 opposition members detained in Uganda, says Army Chief
Nairobi, Jan 23 (EFE).- The head of Uganda’s Army, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, stated that the country’s security forces detained around 2,000 opposition supporters and killed 30 people following the Jan 15 presidential elections, in which his father, President Yoweri Museveni, was re-elected for a seventh term. “So far we have killed 30 NUP terrorists,” wrote Kainerugaba ...
Uganda: Army chief says 2,000 rival supporters held, 30 killed after father Museveni’s election win
Uganda's military chief said on Friday that authorities had detained 2,000 opposition supporters, killed 30, and were hunting for more following a disputed presidential election in which his father, Yoweri Museveni, won a seventh term
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