Bobi Wine

Bobi Wine
Headshot of Bobi Wine giving an online interview
Bobi Wine in 2024
President of the National Unity Platform
Assumed office
14 July 2020
Preceded byMoses Nkonge Kibalama
Member of Parliament
for Kyadondo County East
In office
11 July 2017 – 24 May 2021
Preceded byApollo Kantinti
Succeeded byMuwada Nkunyingi
Personal details
Born
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu

(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 42)
Nkozi, Uganda
Political partyNational Unity Platform
Spouse
(m. 2011)
Children4
EducationMakerere University
International University of East Africa
Harvard University
Websitebobiwine.ug

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February 1982), known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan politician, singer, and actor. He is a former Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda's Central Region.[1] He also leads the National Unity Platform political party.[2] In June 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 2021 Ugandan presidential election. He participated in the 2021 election, in which, according to official results, he lost to incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, although he claims this result was fraudulent.[3]

On 14 December 2021, he was placed under house arrest by the Government of Uganda. He has continued to protest his arrest.[4][5] He was eventually allowed to go abroad where he publicized through a documentary the corruption involved in 2021 election. Upon his return to Uganda on 5 October 2023, he was arrested once again.[6]

  1. ^ "Uganda's pop star sworn-in as lawmaker". The East African. Nairobi. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ^ URN. "Can 'People Power' change Uganda's political fortune?". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Uganda's Museveni wins sixth term, rival alleges fraud". www.reuters.com. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Uganda police, army surround Bobi Wine's home ahead of Kayunga visit". The East African. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine 'under house arrest'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ^ Kent, Lauren; Dean, Sarah (5 October 2023). "Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine arrested at airport as he returns home". CNN.

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