Uganda's opposition supporters nervously await next move

Bobi Wine.

Bobi Wine (centre) greets supporters as he sets off on his campaign trail in Kayunga on December 1, 2020. PHOTO | AFP

Across opposition strongholds in Uganda's capital, the reaction to President Yoweri Museveni's contested re-election has been muted, with his rival's supporters too fearful -- or dispirited -- to take to the streets.

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 January 14 poll as a "sham."