Bobi Wine
Bobi Wine | |
|---|---|
Wine in 2024 | |
| President of the National Unity Platform | |
| Assumed office 14 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Moses Nkonge Kibalama |
| Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East | |
| In office 11 July 2017 – 24 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Apollo Katinti |
| Succeeded by | Muwada Nkunyingi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu 12 February 1982 Nkozi, Uganda |
| Nationality | Uganda |
| Political party | NUP |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Ssentamu Churchill James (nephew) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Makerere University (Diploma in Music, Dance, and Drama) Cavendish University Uganda (Bachelor of Laws) |
| Website | bobiwine |
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February 1982), also popularly known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan activist, politician, singer, lawyer and actor. He is a former Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda's Central Region.
He also leads the National Unity Platform political party. 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 Museveni, although he claims this result was fraudulent.
On 14 December 2021, he was placed under house arrest by the Government of Uganda, he then continued to protest his arrest. He later went abroad where he publicized through a documentary “the corruption involved in the 2021 election.” Upon his return to Uganda on 5th of October 2023, he was arrested. The Peabody Award-winning documentary film Bobi Wine: The People's President chronicled his treacherous journey during the 2021 election. On 7 February 2025 the National Unity Platform held an open public debate for all the 10 contestants for the 2025 Kawempe North by-election, a first in the history of Uganda. The debate was streamed live on social media.