Ugandan police have detained a lawmaker, and close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, for his alleged role in election-related violence last week.
Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy leader of Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP), is accused of organising attacks on a police station and a vote-tallying centre after their electoral loss, which the party denies.
The police have said that seven people were killed in the incident, but the politician has given a different account, saying that 10 people were killed at his home as they waited for parliamentary election results.
The Uganda Police Force said in a post on X on Thursday that Kivumbi would be 'arraigned before court in due course'.
'His arrest is in connection with recent incidents of political violence,' it added.
Kivumbi's arrest follows tensions after last week's elections in which President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected for a seventh term.
During his victory speech over the weekend, Museveni warned opposition figures including Kivumbi of coordinated plans to attack polling stations.
Wine, Museveni's closest challenger and who is in hiding after fleeing a raid on his house after the elections, has denounced the results as 'fake', citing electoral fraud.
He has also alleged that there was 'silent massacre' under way and a crackdown targeting political activists.
Since the election, Ugandan authorities have reportedly arrested dozens of youths on various charges linked to election-related incidents in Kampala.
Museveni first came to power as a rebel leader in 1986 and has been in power since, extending his presidency through several controversial elections.
