Villagers in the region of Masaka have been terrorised by thugs who police say have hacked to death up to 30 mainly elderly people in their homes at night in just two months.
Speaking at the headquarters of his National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kampala, Bobi Wine said the time had come for public demonstrations against Museveni, who took power in 1986 and has ruled ever since.
The court said that Wine was being illegally detained at his home and that his property was not a detention facility.
The Uganda high court on Monday ruled that the army must vacate his house where they have kept him and his wife under house arrest.
With their leader under house arrest, and soldiers still out in force, backers of presidential runner-up Bobi Wine have been waiting and watching in nervous limbo since the opposition decried the 14 January poll as a "sham."
The internet remained down for a third day as vote counting continued, with provisional results from 29% of polling stations giving Museveni an early lead of 63% while Wine trailed with 28%.
Soldiers swarmed the streets of the capital and authorities blocked access to social media after one of the most violent election campaigns in years.
Bobi Wine's campaign team said the opposition leader and his entire support crew had been arrested in Kalangala, a district near Lake Victoria, while drumming up support for his bid to unseat veteran President Yoweri Museveni on 14 January.
Twenty-eight people died in violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of detained opposition leader Bobi Wine this week, police said Friday, updating an earlier toll.
Ugandan security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets at angry protesters who set fires, barricaded roads and looted stores in the capital Kampala, as calls mounted for calm ahead of the 14 January elections.
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by Museveni's opponents, who had appealed against a constitutional court ruling that removed an age cap of 75 for presidential contenders.
Bashir, 75, who had ruled Sudan for 30 years after seizing power in a military coup, was toppled by the military last week after months of street protests.
Among the regulations is a range of restrictions including requiring artists to submit lyrics for songs and scripts for film and stage performances to authorities to be vetted.
Critics of the decision argue it would allow President Yoweri Museveni, 74, to seek re-election for a sixth term in 2021.
The clash occurred in the southerwestern of town of Rukungiri, home to the country’s main opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, a veteran rival to President Yoweri Museveni.
More than 200 people died in September when an overloaded ferry sank on the Tanzanian side of the lake.
The return of Kyagulanyi, a 36-year old pop star and reggae musician turned legislator, has rattled the government headed by the 74-year-old President Yoweri Museveni.
