Bobi Wine isn't facing any criminal charges — Police

KAMPALA - Police have dismissed reports suggesting that National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, is facing criminal charges or is under investigation.

Responding to questions from journalists during a briefing today, February 23, 2026, at the headquarters of the Uganda Police Force in Naguru, Kampala, Police spokesperson Rusoke Kituuma said there are currently no charges levelled against Kyagulanyi.

“I will only communicate what I have been officially briefed on. As we speak today, there are no charges against him. If there were any, it would be at this very forum that I would come and announce them, just as we have done before,” Kituuma said during the question-and-answer session.

Kituuma added that if police were to prefer charges against any individual, due process would be followed, including summoning or arresting the person in question. (Credit: Mpalanyi Ssentongo)

He further clarified that there is no ongoing investigation into Kyagulanyi and that no Police officer has been assigned to handle such a matter.

“There is no investigation. I do not know of any police officer who has been designated to carry out investigations of that nature. If it were there and I got to know, I would not keep it to myself,” he said.

Kituuma added that if police were to prefer charges against any individual, due process would be followed, including summoning or arresting the person in question.

“If we were charging him, we would invite him or arrest him and proceed accordingly. At the moment, there is none. If anything changes, I will come here in broad daylight and communicate it,” he stated.