Government authorities on Sunday deported Jacqueline Wolfson, the proprietor of Shule Foundation on allegations of using her NGO to fund new opposition kingpin, Bobi Wine.
Last week, reports emerged on social media that Wolfson and PR Consultant, Ann Whitehead were receiving billions of dollars from “gay movements” in Washington D.C to fund People Power, a new movement by Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi.
Wolfson and Whitehead have since denied these allegations.
“We do not align to any political affiliation either in United Sates nor in Uganda and certainly do not fund political campaigns or politicians in any country,” Wolfson wrote on Shule Foundation’s Inc page.
According to human rights activist and lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo, Wolfson was arrested over the weekend and via a KLM flight out on Sunday at 11.45 pm.
“The Ugandan Authorities signed all the paperwork before her arrest. This was a pre-meditated move and the charges are baseless,” Opiyo said.
Bobi Wine is currently in the US to receive specialised treatment but critics in Uganda say he is meeting with funders to come and destabilise the country.
In his Sunday address to the nation, President Museveni said he was ready to quash attempts by foreign imperialists to use local NGO’s to fund political activities.