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Ugandan police deny arrest of opposition leader as country awaits final election results

(17 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kampala, Uganda - 17 January 2026 1. Wide of Uganda police headquarters 2. Various of Uganda police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke walking into press briefing room 3. Mid of journalists 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kituuma Rusoke, police spokesperson: "Mr. Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine), as far as I am informed, he is not under arrest. That is one statement I would like to make categorically clear. The deployment around his place, yes, it is visible. But we have deployed in all areas where our intelligence estimates point to such areas as areas of interest." 5. Various of press briefing 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kituuma Rusoke, police spokesperson: "We have not necessarily denied people from accessing him, but we can also not tolerate instances where people use his premises to gather and cause unnecessary violence or incite violence." 7. Various of journalists during press briefing 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kituuma Rusoke, police spokesperson: "We have tried to talk to security officers to restrain themselves from making unjustified attacks on our journalists. And when you make a comparative analysis, at least there has been a very cordial relationship between journalists and security. Where we have had those one or two unfortunate situations, they are regrettable and we are sorry about them. We can always correct that." 9. Wide of street 10. Mid of Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) officers in the streets STORYLINE: Police in Uganda on Saturday denied reports that the main opposition candidate in this week's tense election had been arrested, terming the reports as “deceitful and inciteful.” They urged citizens to remain peaceful as the country awaits the results in the presidential vote. Uganda held a general election on Thursday amid an internet shutdown that has been in place for four days, with the military heavily deployed across the country and pockets of violence erupting as people protested parliamentary election results in various parts of the country. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, is seeking a seventh term in office and is leading in the provisional results with more than 70% support. His main challenger, musician-turned-politician Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, is currently holding 20% of the vote. Wine dismissed the announced results as “fake,” and asked his supporters to ignore them. Police on Saturday said that Wine was “not under arrest,” as claimed by his National Unity Platform party. Police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke said Wine was free to leave his house, but there was “controlled access” for others trying to go into the property, to prevent people from using the premises to incite violence. “It should not surprise you when we have a pickup or two near the residence of Kyagulanyi,” Rusoke said. Ugandan electoral officials are set to announce the final presidential results on Saturday, as constitutionally required. The chairperson of the national electoral commission said Friday that everything was on course to announce the final result by the end of the day Saturday. The voting was marred by delays due to the late delivery of materials to polling stations after opening time and the failure of some biometric machines. President Museveni said he agreed with the electoral commission’s plan to revert to paper voter registration records, but Wine alleged fraud, claiming that there was “massive ballot stuffing” and that his party’s polling agents were abducted to give an unfair advantage to the ruling party. AP video shot by: Patrick Onen Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...