Ugandan police say opposition leader Bobi Wine is restricted to his home

Ugandan police said on Saturday morning that opposition leader Bobi Wine was "restricted" to his home near Kampala ahead of an expected announcement from the electoral commission that President Yoweri Museveni had won re-election. Police spokesman Rusoke Kituuma told a news conference that Mr.

Wine was at his home and that "his home is restricted because we don’t want it to be used as a springboard for inciting violence." Late on Friday, Mr. Wine’s party, the National Unity Platform, posted on social media that he had been abducted and that a helicopter had landed on the grounds of his mansion; the party’s secretary general, David Lewis, later said he could not confirm the accuracy of that post, which by midmorning appeared to have been deleted, and said Mr.

Wine would communicate for himself. Neither the party’s statements nor the precise location of Mr. Wine could be independently verified. Since Tuesday, Ugandan authorities have cut internet access nationwide, a measure the government said was intended to stop the spread of misinformation it said could be weaponized; the blackout has severely limited communication by email, social media and WhatsApp and reduced the information flow available to most Ugandans.

Partial results from Thursday’s vote, announced by an electoral commission whose leaders were appointed by the president, showed Mr. Museveni far ahead of Mr. Wine.

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