Uganda’s largest opposition party headquarters sealed off ahead of protests

Ugandan security forces have sealed off the headquarters of the country’s biggest opposition party on Monday ahead of planned anti-government protests on Tuesday.

“We have been monitoring (this). Their activities raised a red flag and we took precaution measures,” the police spokesperson said.

In posts on social media platform X, National Unity Platform party chief Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, said security personnel had surrounded NUP headquarters in the capital Kampala, barring anyone from entering or exiting.

Wine, 42, a pop star turned politician, has in recent years emerged as the biggest challenger to veteran President Yoweri Museveni, 79, who has led the East African nation since 1986.

President Yoweri Museveni has warned protesters that they will be “playing with fire” if they press ahead with plans to stage an anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday.