Bobi Wine was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after a tear gas canister hit him in the leg during a clash with police.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been discharged from hospital after being hit in the leg by a tear gas canister during a clash with police.
The mayor of Uganda's capital Kampala told French news agency AFP on Wednesday that Wine had undergone surgery to remove fragments of the boat.
“He has stabilised and is about to leave the hospital,” said Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago.
Earlier, Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Tuesday that the 42-year-old man, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, had been shot in the leg by police, calling it “another assassination attempt” on Wine.
Opponents and human rights activists have accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of stifling the opposition, a charge Museveni denies.
Wine challenged Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for nearly 40 years, in the 2021 election and has been placed under house arrest on numerous occasions and had his party rallies forcibly dispersed.
George Musisi, Wine's lawyer, told AFP that “it appears that the police were aiming to harm him” in Tuesday's incident.
He said Wine was injured when police fired a tear gas canister “indiscriminately” as he attended a meeting with supporters in Bulindo.
“They pointed a tear gas canister at him and it exploded, wounding him in the leg,” he said, adding that police had also arrested four party supporters.
Uganda Radio Network reported that NUP spokesman Joel Ssenyonyi requested that Wine be discharged from hospital because he claimed “plainclothes officers” had been trying to gain access to his room since last night.
“They even demanded his medical records from the hospital. Fortunately, the hospital refused,” Ssenyonyi said.
On Tuesday, police said officers tried to stop Wine and his team from marching down a street, leading to the altercation.
In a statement, police said an investigation into the incident will be carried out.
In July, police cracked down on anti-corruption protests in Kampala, leading to the arrest of dozens of demonstrators. Protesters against a major oil project in Uganda were also arrested on several occasions.
