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Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine)

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine)

NUP President, Presidential Candidate

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Notable Quotes

We are holding elections in the dark. This is done in order to facilitate the intended rigging of the regime. — January 15, 2026 after voting

This is a continuation of our unfinished mission. — June 25, 2025 announcing candidacy

After casting my ballot, the military deployed all around my home in order to place me under house arrest. They do this out of fear for the people they have offended by committing so many atrocities against them. — January 15, 2026

Stories

Uganda's forty-year strongman seeks another term

Force in Play

In hiding as army occupies his home; lawyers petition Commonwealth for Uganda suspension over post-election threats and violations; banned by military chief from future elections; wife hospitalized after January assault

On January 17, Uganda's Electoral Commission declared Yoweri Museveni the winner of his seventh term with 71.65% of votes to Bobi Wine's 24.72%. The joint African Union-COMESA-IGAD observer mission said the election was conducted within a polarized political context. After security forces raided Wine's home on January 16 in what his party called an abduction attempt, he escaped to an undisclosed location where he remained in hiding, rejecting the results as fraudulent and presenting video evidence of election officials ticking ballots for Museveni.

Updated May 22