Missing Bobi Wine bodyguard, Parliament CID officer appear in court

The former Criminal Investigations Directorate spokesperson, Mr Charles Twiine and National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi's civilian bodyguard, Noah Mutwe, who have been missing for days, have resurfaced.
Mr Twiine, who is attached to Parliament, and Mr Mutwe were on Thursday, May 22, taken to Buganda Road Court to be formally charged with offences yet to be disclosed. 

D/ASP Twiine has been missing for over a week after he visited Police Headquarters at Naguru, Kampala, where he had been allegedly summoned to meet the Inspector General of Police on May 14, 2023.

Earlier, Mr Twiine’s wife, Ms Kate Kabagenyi, told this publication that she visited police headquarters to find out the whereabouts of her husband, only to be tossed around from one office to another.

“We have evidence that he arrived and entered police headquarters. His car, which he drove, is still parked at police headquarters,” Ms Kabagenyi said last Friday.

D/ASP Twiine was deployed to the Parliament as an investigation officer.

Meanwhile, Mr Noah Mutwe was picked up from his home on May 15, 2025, by gunmen believed to be security operatives and whisked away to an unknown location where he was also held until today, May 22.

His wife told journalists a day after his "violent abduction" that he was in his bedroom when gunmen wearing facemasks stormed their house looking for him.

There has been an ongoing online campaign from opposition supporters and human rights activists, calling for the unconditional release of the two.

Abductions and enforced disappearances of mainly opposition supporters have intensified, raising fears that the 2026 general elections will be marred with violence.