Fact-checks

No Verified Official Order to Close NUP Headquarters
No Verified Official Order to Close NUP Headquarters
FALSE: No Evidence Bobi Wine Was Given a 72-Hour Ultimatum to Shut Down NUP Headquarters Background:

In Uganda’s recent political cycle, heightened security activity around opposition figures and party premises, especially…
MISLEADING: TikTok Video Misrepresents U.S. Embassy Message as Congratulating Uganda

Claim: A TikTok video circulating online shows an individual stating in Luganda that the U.S.…
Kyagulanyi’s appreciation of EU resolution taken out of context

A post circulating on TikTok under the handle @GamaOsaka alleges that Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), the former presidential candidate in Uganda’s…

Bobi Wine Video Calling His Wife
Manipulated: Bobi Wine Does Not Support Or Work For President Museveni

The image on his screen as claimed by Akello is a manipulation of the original…
Fabricated: Bobi Wine Did Not Concede Defeat In The Recently Concluded Presidential Elections Against The Incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is a prominent Ugandan opposition leader…

Internet Shut Down As False Rumors
Internet Shut Down As False Rumors
False: Ugandan Government Did Not Plan On Switching Off The Internet To Block Bobi Wine’s Participation In The Geneva Summit

The claims were made in “anticipation of it”, but there is no communication of a…