The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has finally spoken out following the release of the two MPs; Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West) and Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) from Prison.
The duo who had been in prison since September 2021 were on February 13, 2023 released on bail by the High Court in Masaka District.
The MPs, who are accused of being behind the spate of machete killings of at least 26 people in Greater Masaka in mid-2021, granted a cash bail of Shs20m each.
Following their release, several Ugandans, including fellow Members of Parliament and other politicians expressed their opinions in public.
However, Mr Kyagulanyi had not said anything until this afternoon (February 16, 2023) when he broke silence, saying he’s yet to meet or speak to the two NUP members.
“I am very happy that after such a long period of detention without trial, the two leaders are out of Kigo Prison on bail. I am very grateful to all leaders, lawyers and comrades who for the past one and a half years, have visited them in prison, attended court sessions, spoken out against their illegal detention, supported their families, prayed for them,” Bobi Wine said.
He distanced himself from reports that have been circulating in the media that the duo’s release followed negotiations between the ruling government and the Opposition, contending that if anybody from his party was involved, then they did it without his knowledge and endorsement.
“Let me be categorical that I do not know about any such negotiations, and if anyone took part in any negotiations to secure court bail for detainees, they did so without my knowledge or endorsement,” the former presidential candidate added.
