Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions against President Museveni, his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba and other senior government officials over alleged human rights violations.
Addressing delegates at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland yesterday, Kyagulanyi accused President Museveni and Gen Muhoozi, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), alongside senior judicial officers and police commanders, of presiding over enforced disappearances, killings and what he termed systematic violations of human rights.
He further urged Uganda’s development partners to reconsider financial aid extended to the government and explore legal remedies for citizens whom he said have been denied justice.
In response, State House dismissed the calls as reckless and unpatriotic.
The Presidential Press Secretary, Sandor Walusimbi, described the demand for sanctions and withdrawal of financial support as counterproductive.
Efforts to obtain a comment from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces spokesperson regarding the allegations against the CDF were unsuccessful by press time.