For some, it also crushed the fragile hope inspired by the rise of the opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine. Dr Kizza Besigye, a prominent Ugandan opposition leader who was detained in November 2024 while visiting Kenya, remains in a Kampala jail on treason charges. Dr Shamim Nambassa, 26, a leader in Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform, says Museveni’s victory does not reflect the views of the majority. “I am a business person so I need predictability and Museveni gives that, much as it’s imperfect. “We need change, not just as young people but as a country.