Tag Archives: Bobi Wine

A comparison of Uganda and Kenya’s presidential election maneuvers  Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | After a dramatic last day filing of his presidential election petition at the Supreme Court of Kenya challenging the outcome of the Aug.9 election, Raila Odinga was caught in the middle of a range of …

What is different this time? NEWS ANALYSIS | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Following a string of losses in recent parliamentary by-elections, the political opposition leaders Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine have seen it fit for all change seeking Ugandans to unite. The recent opposition loss in a …

It is unforgivable for NUP leaders to continue deceiving people that elections can bring change in Uganda COMMENT | ABBEY SEMUWEMBA | The Uganda presidential elections were held a year and a half ago, and the divisiveness, lies, and downright ignorance during Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s gamble has …

  Lessons for Uganda’s opposition from the repositioning of the National Front, France’s far-right party THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | On February 8, 2022, BBC’s Steven Sucker hosted Marine Le Pen on the Hardtalk program. Le Pen is the leader of the National Front (FN), a right-wing …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) President, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Sunday paid tribute to the former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Bobi Wine while in the company of Ambassador Olara Otunnu, Kilak South MP Gilbert Olanya and Lina Zadriga, the Vice President …

  An open letter to Uganda’s opposition leaders OPINION | BRIAN GEORGE AMPAIRE | For many years now, I have questioned my role as an opposition politician in this my beloved country, Uganda. I have soldiered on hoping that at one point in time we will collectively find a way …

How the radical extremism of NUP is the best recruiting ground for Museveni THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The current Twitter war by Nobert Mao against the radical extremists of NUP is a manifestation of the major pitfalls that have bedeviled the opposition in Uganda. Slowly, these …

Who wins when Mao attacks Bobi Wine over money? Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Norbert Mao is where he likes to be. In the news headlines. The 55-year old leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) has been in the news for tweets he has made about the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni ‘moles’ in opposition fight: Who wins when Mao attacks Bobi Wine over money? THE LAST WORD BOU’s Crane Bank disaster: Why those who thought they were above the law will soon realise …

Urges them to stop associating with `dictators’ Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “The torture in my country does not just need EU to issue a statement but to do more….” That was part of the speech that the leader of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP),  Robert ssentamu Kyagulanyi …