Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi, went into hiding after President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected on January 15 for a seventh term—a result Wine denounced as “blatant theft.”

Fugitive Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Saturday that his wife was hospitalised after soldiers held her at gunpoint and strangled her during a violent raid on their home.

Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi, went into hiding after President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected on January 15 for a seventh term—a result Wine denounced as “blatant theft.”

In a post on X, Wine said “hundreds of soldiers” raided his home in his absence, looted it, and assaulted his wife. “They put my wife on gunpoint, asking her to reveal my whereabouts. They strangled her and insulted her,” he wrote.

“My wife was rushed to hospital where she remains admitted dealing with all the physical and psychological trauma.”

Museveni, 81, won 71.65 percent of the vote, compared with 24.72 percent for Wine, a 43-year-old former singer turned politician.

Observers and NGOs criticised the election, citing an internet blackout and repression of the opposition.

Wine’s lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, urged the UN and international community to guarantee Wine’s safety, calling his only “offence” peaceful political opposition.

The situation escalated after Museveni’s son and army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, threatened on X to hunt down Wine and boasted that “so far we have killed 30 NUP terrorists” and arrested more than 2,000 supporters of Wine’s National Unity Platform party.

The European Union expressed concern over pre- and post-election violence, while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “following with concern the post-election situation in Uganda, including reports of arrests, detentions and violent incidents involving opposition figures and supporters.”

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