"Attacks on security Agencies is trap to arrest more opposition members" - Bobi win

After several attacks by unknown assailant on security personnel's especially Uganda police and the Uganda people's defense forces, the national unity platform president Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi wine has come out and  termed it as state managed games. 

The National Unity Platform (NUP) party principal, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has admitted that the arrest of the two NUP legislators, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Alan Ssewanyana, has helped to end the machete-wielding, commonly known as Bijambiya, that had rocked the greater Masaka sub-region after the 2021 general elections.

“If you remember how the arrest of our two MPs helped to stop the Bijambiya killings in Masaka, don’t be shocked when the current wave of attacks on security installations is also connected to our leaders.” Bobi Wine tweeted.

The NUP principal also said that the restoration of peace and security in the greater Masaka area was a result of the arrest of opposition supporters, mostly youths, by the security agencies.

Bobi Wines’ comments followed the trend of recent attacks targeting different security installations, killing security personnel and robbing them of guns. He said the attackers are not mere criminals, but they are politically motivated to push certain political agendas which he never revealed.

The pair is being held in detention, accused of having a hand in and being the masterminds behind a wave of killings that shook the Masaka sub-region last year.

They are charged with four different counts, including murder, attempted murder, treason, and terrorism.

The wave of machete-wielding thugs left close to 30 people dead, mostly elderly, in a period of just two months.

However, with the arrest of the two legislators and other suspects, the wave of killings that had shocked the nation ceased.

In his resent twists, kyagulanyi asks about the Bijambiya Murders in masaka.

"If you remember how the Bijambiya Murders in Masaka 'ended,' don't be shocked when the current wave of attacks on security personnel/installations takes a certain turn. Dictator M7’s regime has mastered the art of creating 'crises' and later holding itself out as the 'savior'.

Kyagulanyi further says that  number of detentions of opposition leaders/supporters later, the regime will declare the crisis 'over'.

So, let us brace for more Ssegirinya—Ssewanyana scenarios. We'll have to bear with this cycle until we put a stop to it.

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Of recent, there has been rampant attacks on security that has left several guns in hands of unknown personnel, 13 guns have recently been stolen from security personnel including police officers, private security guards, and soldiers.

On 14th November 2022, gunmen attacked Kensington police post in the affluent Kyanja, a Kampala city suburb, and fired two rounds shattering the window panes of the police post.

The attack came almost a fortnight after gunmen attacked Busika police station in Luwero district and killed two police officers, injured two others, and made off with two firearms. One of the injured officers later succumbed to the gunshot wounds.

Security has since blamed the attack on Uganda Forces for Coalition Change, a rebel outfit. Owoyesigyire says that they have enhanced security at all police posts and stations around Kampala as well as pump fuel stations.

The incidents also come against the recent decision by the police leadership to merge several police posts around Kampala, Ssezibwa, and Katonga regions as the force pilots a new policing model which will be based at the sub-county.