IF I HAVE A CASE TO ANSWER, WHY DONT YOU SUMMON ME AND PROSECUTE ME AS THE LAW REQUIRES —BOBI WINE TELLS SECURITY FORCES

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In Kampala

Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has blasted security forces on playing politics following Saturday night’s clash with police in Jinja.

Bobi Wine has also in a social media post saluted Jinja residents whom he says made it impossible for police to arrest him.

After your raid, the Wanainchi in Jinja made it possible for us to elude you and any evil plans you harbored. The roadblocks you put on the way to sabotage my travel back were a shameful move. I managed to travel back to Kampala today morning, he said in a post on social media on Sunday.

But the musician cum politicians who started crying out loud last night when police raided the hotel that he had booked with his entourage said most of his handlers were last night forced to return back to Kampala at breakneck speed.

He had arrived in Jinja in the afternoon amidst cheers and chats of his now famed people power slogans.

His procession caused traffic paralysis for nearly two hours, while he prepared to perform at the anniversary celebration of Queens Palace, a popular bar situated in the center of Jinja town.

Bobi Wine decried police for brazenly attacking and waylaying his team in the night after retreating to the hotel in Jinja. He says the police must answer questions regarding obstruction of his music shows.

“I still need answers as to why I am singled out and not allowed to practice my profession while my fellow artists are working! If I have a crime, why do you run away from me when I come to your offices? If I have a case to answer, why dont you summon me and prosecute me as the law requires he inquired.

The raid was hastily condemned by Bobi Wine London based lawyer, Robert Amsterdam and a number of US Congress politicians. This is a clear and brazen act of targeted political repression by the Uganda authorities aimed at violating Bobi Wine human rights, said Amsterdam. Once again, Bobi Wine has broken no law, the concert was fully and legally permitted, and the other participating musicians were not targeted.

US Congressman Bradley Sherman who met Bobi Wine early this year when he had gone to Washington for medication said; the Ugandan government must commit to the essential principle of freedom of speech.