Kampala, Uganda (CWBN)_ Candidate for the upcoming Uganda presidential election, Bobi Wine, stated on Twitter that a member of his security detail was run down by a military police truck while escorting a journalist, who had been attacked by local police, to a hospital in Rubaga.
“I regret to announce the murder of my security team member Francis Senteza Kalibala aka Frank. He was deliberately ran over by military-police truck, No. H4DF 2382 which blocked us in Busega on our way to Rubaga to get Kasirye Ashraf emergency medical attention.” he said.
The Ugandan military has denied the allegations.
A spokesperson for the military said that “UPDF (Ugandan People’s Defence Force) would like to clarify that the late Senteza […] was not knocked by a military police vehicle as purported, but rather fell off a speeding car […] he tried to jump to (sic) but fell off.”
Meanwhile, a Ugandan police spokesperson told Reuters that Wine’s supporters had gathered in Masaka on Sunday, about 125km from Kampala, and that “Teargas was used to quell the violence. The journalists were regrettably caught up during the process of dispersing the violent group.”
The police said that Ashraf was seriously injured over his left eye when a tear gas canister was allegedly fired into the crowd.
The presidential candidate claimed he had attended a church service in the area at the time.
