Former Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has been re-arrested in Mpigi district, barely a day after the International Crimes Division of the High court granted him bail.
The circumstances surrounding the arrest remain unclear, and authorities had not issued an official statement by press time.
However, National Unity Platform (NUP) lawyer Samuel Muyizzi, who is part of Kivumbi’s defence team, confirmed that the former MP was arrested in Mpigi town on Friday afternoon while returning to Kampala from Butambala.
“It is true he was returning to Kampala from Butambala where he spent the night,” Muyizzi said. “As we were driving through Mpigi, a drone was driven into the middle of the road, and they picked him up and drove him away at high speed. We have not known his whereabouts since.”
Kivumbi was granted bail on Thursday after spending nearly seven months on remand. He was arrested on January 22, 2026, in connection with violence that followed the January 15 general elections.
According to the prosecution, between January 11 and 17, 2026, in Kibibi and Gombe town councils, Kivumbi and others allegedly carried out acts intended to intimidate the government for political purposes.
The charges include alleged attacks on Kibibi Police Station and the Butambala Electoral Commission tally centre, damage to the Butambala-Gomba Road, and destruction of vehicles.
Prosecutors further allege that seven people were killed during the incidents. Kivumbi was initially arraigned before the Butambala Chief Magistrate’s court and charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The case was later expanded to include 24 other suspects.
His lawyers, Erias Lukwago, Samuel Muyizzi and Kenneth Paul Kakande, subsequently applied for bail before the High court, seeking his release pending trial.
In granting bail on Thursday, Justice Susan Okalany cited Kivumbi’s fixed place of residence, the suitability of his sureties and the prosecution’s failure to demonstrate that he would interfere with ongoing investigations.
Although the reason for Friday’s re-arrest had not been disclosed by the authorities, some of Kivumbi’s associates suspect it may be linked to sharp remarks he made yesterday evening after returning to Butambala, in which he criticised the First Family and former speaker Anita Among.
Kivumbi told his supporters that Uganda’s current political decay and crisis has mostly been caused by four people: Among, President Yoweri Museveni, his wife Janet Museveni and son, also Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. However, he said nature has started taking its course, and one by one they will soon be no more.
He also criticised Muhoozi for what he called pretending to fight corruption using his political outfit, Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), whilst breaking the law. He said PLU was illegally founded and Muhoozi, as CDF, is not supposed to participate in partisan politics.
He said prison had strengthened his resolve to fight for a better country for everybody and that even if he were to be killed by the state, he’s happy that many young people are willing to fight to regain control of the country from the Museveni family.
Kivumbi, who serves as the National Unity Platform vice president for Buganda, lost the Butambala parliamentary seat in the January general elections.
In other words, who in his/her right state of mind can deny that: Hon Mwanga Kivumbi is absolutely right?
1. In less than 3 years, under the day and night watch of OUR PROBLEM OF AFRICA, Anita Among robbed Ugandans blind (built private schools, a teaching Hospital and e.g. named the Medical Wards after her diabolic trinity and/or son and daughters).
2. For 31 years and counting, our 86-years-old president, Gen Tibuhaburwa has become the State of the Evil PROBLEM OF AFRICA (terminated the Term and Age Limits).
3. Except dysfunctionality (Mediocrity): Contrary to Professional Ethics (Nepotism), how can a less qualified person in the field of Education, and is falling apart, supervise the highly qualified (PhD) in the same (fate of the nation human development)?
4. How can an indiscipline Commander in Chief, discipline his State of the Demon indiscipline son, Gen MK (conflict of interest), whom he appointed as the Chief of Defence Force (Nepotism)?
In other words, indiscipline is our State Household Problem!
From educational philosophical point of view, the term DISCIPLINE comes from discipleship: is to LEARN from a Master/teacher. Therefore, indiscipline is the opposite: the inability to learn (the positive/constructive).
Fellow Ugandans, I have said it before and I will say it again: Museveni is not doing anything new. He has always been true to his nature, growing more autocratic by the day. We are living under a captured state, ruled by anarchy and the militants. Yet, we have failed to unite to reclaim our country. While analyst Muwanga recently stated that Uganda’s political decay is driven by four key figures—Speaker Among, President Museveni, Janet Museveni, and CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba—the truth is that this decay started the moment Museveni took power. He destabilised past regimes under the guise of fighting for freedom, but we never achieved the “fundamental change” he promised. Instead, we jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Rather than uniting, we allow political affiliations to divide us. Since Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) entered politics, opposition divisions have worsened, with NUP factions trading blame with veterans like Besigye and Lukwago. Meanwhile, innocent, unarmed citizens pay the price. Look at the tragedy at Kivumbi’s home, or Kyagulanyi’s driver, Yasin Kawuma, who was shot dead while simply sitting in a car. Countless others have disappeared—more than under previous regimes combined. Is this the “fundamental change” thousands died for in the Luwero bush war? Look at how returning citizens are treated. Recently, Ugandans repatriated from South Africa were met by militants at Entebbe Airport, forced onto buses, and taken to Kyankwanzi for NRM/LPU political indoctrination. We will never achieve unity as long as we participate in flawed, violent elections. These sham elections only divide us and fuel greed. The only true beneficiaries of this system are the politicians who run for office to enrich themselves on taxpayers’ money. Period.
The real issue is clear, very clear. The only with the monopoly of holding fire arms is police and army, all those are under one man, called, am saying so called cdf, but the right rank is son of m7. On the day of elections armed gang attacked kivumbi at his home with purpose to kill him but missed the target, but killed found at his home, very embarrassed the very people came n picked him saying he had plans attacking police . Well he was detained illegally for over 5 months, by the very people who killed people from his home, when they thought they’d intimidated him enough, they set him free thinking he’s now scared stiff, allas,kivumbi pointed to the people who really killed the innocent people from his home, but they could not afford the shame, so they kidnapped him again. Is it because of the conversation with bobi just his release or!! Well, this is another segi scenario,watch the space!!!
In other words Sseguya, including regime apologists; nobody in his/her right state of mind has come forward to deny that: this is a regime of TERRORISTS, by terrorsit and for TERRORISTS.
They openly terrorise, blame, charge and indefinitely prosecute their victims of TERRORISM for terrorism. And now Ofwono Opondo euphemises STATE TERRORISM as SHOCK THERAPHY!
According to Hon OO, the current victims of State House terrorism being meted on the Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Haj Obeid Kamulegeya, Hons Muwanga Kivumbi, Elias Lukwago, Dr. Miria Matembe, Timothy Kalyegira, etc of this country; are simply undergoing SHOCK THERAPHY being exacted by the DEMONIC son of our 86-years-old PROBLEM OF AFRICA, Gen MK.
In other words, only Terrorist Organizations like: the Boko Haram of Nigeria, Hamas of Gaza and the Hezbollah of Lebanon, MASK their faces, ABDUCT using unmarked and numberless vans.
From the day when i gained integrity i understood that Uganda will become a kingdom were the president chair wil be through inheritance
If these proud opposition members had not participated in the NRM fake national elections, the only reason they would be in the movement courts of law would be their refusal to participate in national elections that are not free and fair. Now that the dodgy NRMovement political party won the national election without even producing on paper its success, it has this diabolical political conviction that the Opposition in Uganda is definitely bent on removing an illegitimate government from state power by all means. It is indeed unfair that having compromised to accept the governance of NRM and its undemocratic national elections, quite innocently, these fervent members are now becoming the worst enemies or criminals of this long serving government of Uganda! Surely the major job of the armed forces or the (Peoples army, UPDF) of this country is to patrol, watch and guard the boundaries of this country against external enemies of the state. It is not to arrest internal enemies of the state anyhow anywhere or the unarmed citizens of this country!!
We ugandan we need to be updated about muwangas re arrested and government of Uganda had responsibility to rehabilitate opposition politicians using force made them famous and ugandan sympathise them
Lakwena, thanks.
The question is why Ugandans are still powerless tribally divided ruled, just go along to ensure they please Rwandese Museveni for 45 years+++++, knowing only his son will replace him when he dies of old age in post!
[Museveni is not doing anything new.]
Remase, thanks.
Rwandese Museveni is assured of lifetime rule by powerless tribally divided Ugandans who have no Common Goal, no Common Leader to help UNITE them to block the Rwandese family to who Uganda belongs!
All Ugandans know & have become experts in is “ensurde they remain slaves of the Rwandese family for good, officially, legally, constitutionally with useles fake elections”
The Rwandese family is at peace & will own Uganda for good!