Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu also known as Bobi Wine, is a popular Ugandan Pop star, Politician and Businessman. He is a Member of Parliament MP, representing Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District of Uganda's Central Region, his party is known as the National Unity Platform.
Bobi Wine is on the rise, his political career is on steadily rising even beyond his local district, he is becoming very popular by the day. His encounters and that of his followers with security agencies in Uganda is actually enhancing his popularity.
He is now often on the news, if he is not being detained or beaten up by these security agents, his followers is. He is on the news and on the rise across Uganda. Many youths are now looking up to him, the poor and the hopeless now believes that if Bobi Wine can get this far, they too can make it and there is need for them to keep hope alive. He represents courage, boldness, success and hard work, to those in the slums and the poor in the interior parts of Uganda
The government are increasingly finding it difficult controlling his supporters who see him as the future of Uganda because of his courage in telling truth to power. Bobi Wine to them represents a shift in what they are used to and an alternative to long time President,Yoweri Museveni who have ruled the country consecutively for a period of 34 years.
The popular musician is campaigning for President and is pulling unbelievable crowd from the streets, chanting we want to remove a dictator but winning the current President in a nationwide presidential election will be a very tall order for the young man. Elections in Uganda are due in January 2021.