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Uganda's Bobi Wine Reports Police Raid on Home Two Days Before Presidential
Election

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said the military
   raided his home Tuesday and beat one of his guards, two days before the
   presidential election. Reports said Uganda also ordered all social
   media blocked ahead of the election.

   Singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine,
   has not campaigned for the last five days.

   With authorities restricting his movements, Wine has spent most of his
   time at his house on the outskirts of Kampala.

   Speaking to reporters Tuesday, he accused police of invading his home.

   "This morning, my house was raided, two of my gardeners were taken
   away." Kyagulanyi said. "And my security guard was beaten very badly.
   Even the polling agents that we sent out there, even the coordinators
   that have been identifying and recruiting polling agents are being
   rounded up and arrested and being charged with recruiting rebels."

   Wine is campaigning for president as candidate of the National Unity
   Platform party, which has become the main opposition group in Uganda.

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