Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives

Ugandan security forces have arrested 40 people during an operation against supporters of opposition leader Bobi Wine whose detention under house arrest the United States said demonstrated eroding democracy in the East African country.
The 40 were held in the capital Kampala and elsewhere as authorities thwarted plans to hold what the opposition had described as a million-strong march on Thursday.
The march was supposed to have begun at Entebbe International Airport, south of the capital, where Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, arrived from abroad.
Wine was instead bundled into a vehicle and driven home where he has said he is under house arrest.
Police arrested 40 suspects including a lawmaker “for inciting violence.”.
Wine said in a post on X hundreds of his supporters, including leaders of his National Unity Platform (NUP) party, had been detained across the country and demanded their release.