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\t\t\t\t\tKAMPALA, Uganda \u2013\u00a0Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has issued a furious condemnation after a photograph emerged showing a blindfolded Erias Lukwago\u2014the outgoing Lord Mayor of Kampala, former Member of Parliament, and senior advocate\u2014in what appears to be military custody. The image was reportedly released by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of President Yoweri Museveni and Chief of Defence Forces.
\nIn a post on social media early Wednesday, Bobi Wine revealed the shocking context behind Lukwago\u2019s abduction on Monday morning: the veteran lawyer was not seized for any criminal offense, but rather for attempting to serve court summons on the General himself.
\n\u201cUganda in 2026!\u201d Bobi Wine wrote. \u201cMuseveni\u2019s son just released a picture of his captive, Advocate Erias Lukwago. Blind folded! His crime? Attempting to serve him court summons!\u201d
\nThe revelation, if accurate, fundamentally alters the nature of the abduction. What had been widely reported as the seizure of a defense lawyer in Dr. Kizza Besigye\u2019s treason trial now appears to be a targeted act of reprisal against an officer of the court attempting to hold a senior military official legally accountable through judicial process.
\n\u2018If He Can Do This to a Lord Mayor\u2026\u2019
\nBobi Wine did not limit his outrage to Lukwago\u2019s individual suffering. Instead, he used the incident to highlight the far broader system of enforced disappearances that has plagued Uganda for years.
\n\u201cIf he can do this to an outgoing Lord Mayor of Uganda\u2019s capital city, former MP, and senior lawyer, imagine what he does to our ordinary supporters who are abducted day in, day out,\u201d he wrote.
\nThe statement drew a direct line between the high-profile abduction of Lukwago and the invisible crisis of everyday Ugandans\u2014NUP supporters, activists, traders, and ordinary citizens\u2014who have been seized by security forces and never seen again. Among them is John Ddamulira, the Kisekka Market trader abducted in 2020, whose wife Sarah passed away just days ago without ever learning his fate.
\nThe Hypocrisy of History
\nPerhaps the most biting part of Bobi Wine\u2019s statement was his comparison of the current administration to the very dictator Museveni himself once condemned.
\n\u201cAnd yet Museveni still has the audacity to say anything about Idi Amin!\u201d Bobi Wine wrote.
\nThe remark references President Museveni\u2019s long-standing political identity as the man who helped overthrow Idi Amin\u2019s brutal regime in 1979. Critics have long argued that the tactics of enforced disappearance, torture, and extrajudicial detention employed by the current government mirror the very atrocities Museveni once fought against.
\n\u2018The World Must Not Look On\u2019
\nBobi Wine concluded with a warning and a plea to the international community.
\n\u201cThe world must not look on. There will be accountability for these crimes against humanity. It\u2019s only a matter of time.\u201d
\nHis words echo those of the Uganda Law Society, which has already issued a 24-hour ultimatum for Lukwago\u2019s release and threatened legal action against the Chief of Defence Forces personally. That ultimatum is now hours away from expiring.
\nLegal observers note that serving court summons on a sitting army chief is a routine act in any functional democracy. That such an act would result in the abduction, blindfolding, and public humiliation of a senior lawyer and elected official underscores the complete breakdown of civilian authority over the military\u2014a direct violation of Article 208(2) of Uganda\u2019s Constitution.
\nAs of this publication, the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) has not issued an official statement regarding the photograph or the circumstances of Lukwago\u2019s detention. His family, including his wife Nalongo Zawedde, has not been granted access to him.
\nThe image of a blindfolded Erias Lukwago\u2014a man who has served Kampala as Lord Mayor, represented his constituents in Parliament, and defended the rights of the accused in court\u2014has become a symbol of Uganda\u2019s descent.
\nFor Bobi Wine, the message is clear: if the son of the President can do this to a senior lawyer and elected official with impunity, no Ugandan is safe.
\nAnd for the world, the question remains: will it look on, or will it act?
\nThe clock is ticking. The blindfold remains. And Uganda waits for an answer.<\/p>\n
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