Chief of Defence Forces, Uganda People's Defence Force
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Ordered the shutdown and the arrest of the company's managing director
Just after midnight on June 28, 2026, soldiers sealed off Nation Media Group's offices in Kampala. By 5 a.m., NTV Uganda, Spark TV, the Daily Monitor, KFM and Dembe FM were dark. Staff could not get in or out.
Updated Jun 28
Confirmed military manhunt for Wine; banned Wine from future elections citing national security; denied soldiers assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi; announced 30 opposition supporters killed and 2,000+ detained
On January 17, Uganda's Electoral Commission declared Yoweri Museveni the winner of his seventh term with 71.65% of votes to Bobi Wine's 24.72%. The joint African Union-COMESA-IGAD observer mission said the election was conducted within a polarized political context. After security forces raided Wine's home on January 16 in what his party called an abduction attempt, he escaped to an undisclosed location where he remained in hiding, rejecting the results as fraudulent and presenting video evidence of election officials ticking ballots for Museveni.
Updated May 22
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