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Mar
09
2024
By The African Mirror
Bobi Wine: The People’s President – a gripping Oscar-nominated film about Uganda’s fight for freedom

Bobi Wine: The People’s President – a gripping Oscar-nominated film about Uganda’s fight for freedom

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Bobi Wine is a pop star in Uganda who uses his music for political protest and social activism. Born Robert Kyagulanyi, he became a member of parliament (MP) in 2017 and has gone on to lead a popular opposition movement in the face of state violence and repression. His political journey is now the subject of a documentary. JULIA CAIN, Lecturer in Screen Production and Film Theory & Practice, University of Cape Town Bobi Wine: The People’s President is one of the five films nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2024 Oscars in the US. All five are…
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Nov
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Black November: remembering Uganda’s massacre of the opposition three years on

Black November: remembering Uganda’s massacre of the opposition three years on

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
NOVEMBER marks a sombre anniversary in Uganda’s recent political history. In 2020, the East African country’s leading opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was arrested. He was on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. LUKE MELCHIORRE, Associate Professor, Political Science and Global Studies, Universidad de los Andes Mass demonstrations demanding the release of the popular musician-turned-presidential candidate broke out in and around the capital, Kampala. Over two days, security agents of the regime of Yoweri Museveni – in power since 1986 – cracked down on the protests. They fired live ammunition into crowds of protesters, killing…
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Oct
08
2023
By ELIAS BIRYABAREMA
Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives

Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives

NEWS
UGANDAN security forces have arrested 40 people during an operation against supporters of opposition leader Bobi Wine whose detention under house arrest the United States said demonstrated eroding democracy in the East African country. The 40 were held in the capital Kampala and elsewhere as authorities thwarted plans to hold what the opposition had described as a million-strong march on Thursday. The march was supposed to have begun at Entebbe International Airport, south of the capital, where Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, arrived from abroad. Wine was instead bundled into a vehicle and driven home where he has…
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Oct
06
2023
By The African Mirror
Uganda opposition says leader detained at airport, police dispute claim

Uganda opposition says leader detained at airport, police dispute claim

NEWS
UGANDA'S main opposition party said its leader Bobi Wine had been detained at the airport as he returned from a trip abroad, but police said they had accompanied him to his residence. In recent years Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has emerged as the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, 79, who has been in power in the East African country since 1986. Wine finished runner-up to Museveni in a 2021 election that he said was marred by fraud. Museveni's government has faced criticism from opponents and human rights activists for stifling the opposition, a charge Museveni denies.…
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Jan
08
2021
By The African Mirror
ICC asked to investigate Uganda rights abuses

ICC asked to investigate Uganda rights abuses

NEWS
UGANDA’S main opposition leader has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior officials for sanctioning human rights abuses in the run-up to next week's presidential election. Popstar-turned-lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, who goes by the name Bobi Wine, told reporters during a Zoom news conference from his car on the campaign trail that his lawyer had submitted the filing to The Hague court on Thursday. The ICC has the authority to hear cases of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity committed in the 123 countries, including Uganda, that have signed up to it. Uganda has in…
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Dec
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine arrested, police fire teargas at protesters

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine arrested, police fire teargas at protesters

NEWS
UGANDA opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested in Kalangala in the country's central region, he said in a post on Twitter. The arrests spurred protests at a field in Kalangala Island in Lake Victoria where a helicopter was parked and which Wine's supporters said they believed would be used to fly him back to the capital Kampala. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd who were protesting, a witness, who did not want to give his name for security reasons, told Reuters. No further details of the arrests were…
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Dec
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Uganda’s Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed by police; three reporters hurt

Uganda’s Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed by police; three reporters hurt

NEWS
Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine said one of his bodyguards was killed on Sunday when police ran him over while Wine's convoy was taking a journalist injured by police to seek medical help. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has emerged as the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in the country's presidential election due on January 14. "I regret to announce the murder of my security team member Francis Senteza Kalibala aka Frank. He was deliberately run over by military-police truck, No. H4DF 2382, which blocked us in Busega on our way to Rubaga…
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Dec
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Three Ugandan journalists injured during police scuffle with Bobi Wine supporters

Three Ugandan journalists injured during police scuffle with Bobi Wine supporters

MEDIA FREEDOM
UGANDAN police said three local journalists were hospitalised on Sunday after sustaining injuries when officers used teargas to disperse supporters of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has emerged as the strongest challenger against President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in the country's presidential election due on January 14. He said one of those injured was in a "critical condition". Police spokesman Fred Enanga said supporters of Wine had gathered on Sunday in Masaka, 125 km southwest of the capital Kampala. Wine had attended a church service in the town, according to a tweet…
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Dec
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Bobi Wine has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government?

Bobi Wine has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government?

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
JUST three weeks into his official campaign for the Ugandan presidency, Ugandan musician and parliamentarian Robert Kyagulanyi (better known by his stage name Bobi Wine) has already been arrested twice. The first came just minutes after his formal nomination in the capital Kampala. Footage streamed by his party showed police smashing the windows of the stationary vehicle Wine and his associates were occupying. SAM WILKINS, Lecturer, RMIT University RICHARD VOKES, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Western Australia Wine was arrested again while campaigning in Luuka district last week. Protests in a number of Ugandan cities have since broken out…
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Nov
20
2020
By The African Mirror
16 people killed as Uganda’s security personnel battle protests over Bobi Wine arrest

16 people killed as Uganda’s security personnel battle protests over Bobi Wine arrest

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA SIXTEEN people have been killed in Uganda over two days in operations by security personnel trying to quell protests triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate Bobi Wine, police said in a statement. Police added 65 people had been injured while 350 people were arrested. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has emerged as the strongest challenger against President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in the country's presidential election due on January 14. Police said in a statement they had detained Wine while he was campaigning in the country's east for violating anti-coronavirus measures. They accused him of involvement…
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