Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, on Tuesday suspended his campaigns over “the continued [police] brutality and killing of his supporters.”
On Tuesday, his aide and a police bodyguard were among people injured when police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse supporters at Kyampisi Trading Centre, Kayunga District in central Uganda.
The injured were rushed to Nazigo Health Centre III before being moved to Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Kyagulanyi’s car was also shot at as he attempted to bypass a military blockade as he arrived in Jinja City for his second rally.
At the old Nile Bridge, police and army personnel diverted him towards Budondo Village where he was set to address his supporters.
But after the diversion, Mr Kyagulanyi tried to access Jinja City through one of the roads that had been blocked by the police and the army. Officers shot his car tyres and shattered the windscreen.
Kyagulanyi, who is running for presidency on National Unity Platform (NUP) party ticket, accused the Justice Simon Byabakama-led Electoral Commission (EC) of keeping silent even as police continue to target his supporters.
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