Bobi Wine – MinBane

Opinion: The NUP dismisses the DP Bloc(k)…

“Yesterday while busy with important work in Mukono, our attention was drawn to a press conference convened by a group of persons calling themselves DP- Bloc, claiming to end their co-operation with NUP. For the record NUP doesn’t and has never had any co-operation with the said group or the individuals at the said event. It follows therefore that you cannot end a non-existent co-operation. You cannot purport to get out of a non-existent marriage. People who joined NUP did so as individuals and received membership cards. Some of them ceased to be members when they ran for election as independents or under other political parties. The claims as well as the attention seeking persons in question should be ignored and treated with the contempt they deserve” (National Unity Platform, 30.05.2024).

The DP Block or DP Bloc lead by Lubega Mukaaku and Michael Mabikke are now under fire. They called “wolf” and acted like it had a case yesterday as it went after the National Unity Platform (NUP). Today the NUP dismissed it completely.

The NUP shows that there was no formal agreement to begin with. We know Bobi Wine participated and hold a speech at the DP block back-in-the-day, but there was no paperwork or release of agreement between the organizations. Therefore, it is most likely a figment of imagination and the DP block using it now to gain focus on themselves.

It is just funny that I thought nobody would care about the DP Bloc(k) yesterday, as they were disassociating themselves from the NUP. They were playing in figment of their own imaginations. That is really a telling story…

The leaders of the DP Bloc(k) is just showing their epic failure. They have maybe been on the NUP ticket or part of the People Power Movement as a way of trying to get a meal-ticket or get elected in 2021. Nevertheless, for these two gentlemen… that didn’t work, and they didn’t succeed. Therefore, they have to find other ways to get elected in and become relevant.

Maybe they hope to throw dirt on the NUP will gain traction enough to be noticed by State House employees. So, they can get appointed and get an office by the President. They want to be “useful” and be relevant. However, they aren’t winning hearts with the forged narratives.

These two gentlemen are only undermining themselves and looking like fools. That’s maybe not their intention, but how it looks like from afar. Peace.

Opinion: Among is getting tested…

“I have always said that I have a permanent passport to Bukedea and Buyende district. I don’t need a visa. So, honorable members, you need to be very firm and fight for your position. Just imagine it is your kid who is being sodomized. I have interacted [with some officials] and we have gotten to know what the sanctions are about. At an appropriate time, the Head of State will also respond to it because it is an indictment on the Parliament of Uganda” (…) “These sanctions are politically-motivated. I am carrying a cross for the 48 million Ugandans because of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill we passed in this House. This may not be the only ban. Another one will come in the pretext of corruption and [many] others but we serve a living God. We will always not allow bum shafters in Uganda” – Speaker Anita Among (03.05.2024)

There is always a test and political leverage at stake. Speaker Anita Among has been lucky and able to gain lots of capital and wealth over a short amount of time. She is living a lavish lifestyle and serving the regime on her own accord.

Now a leaked letter shows that the Speaker is tested by the President. Museveni is now asking if she owns a certain property in London, United Kingdom. This comes after the British Government sanctioned the speaker over corruption. She herself and her publicity team claims it is “LGBTQ” reasons for this, but that hasn’t been proven by anyone.

Alas, the property in London is now questioned. The idea that she has spent her ill-gotten wealth on investing in the United Kingdom. A place where the Speaker doesn’t even have a cat. Now the Head of State has responded, but also is addressing her directly. That means the “flat” or property in London is a contested entity.

Now the powerful speaker has to speak out and address the allegation. This is checking and balancing act for the speaker. As she has to follow the codes and the ideals of the Head of State. She is serving him and knows what she has to do. This cannot be played in the papers or on social media. No, this has to be directly answered and with evidence.

President Museveni wants the truth and honest fact in the matter. It isn’t a good look to have a high ranking official sanctioned. Neither is it helpful to the cause that she has a connection or an option of a house or a flat in London. That means she might had a a plan or a vision for exile or immigrate to the United Kingdom in the future. You don’t know property or a flat without plans of using it.

Yes, she has the mansion and posh vehicles in Uganda. Nevertheless, who doesn’t want the NHS and other government services that the United Kingdom has to offer. Who wouldn’t right?

The social media response from the Speaker is telling: “Indeed, like the known principle of natural justice recognized in most jurisdictions of the Commonwealth (including Britain), the one who alleges must prove. Since the UK government claims I own property, it should be prudent of them to state which property I own as Anita Annet Among. Forgery should be the least the world can expect from them. I am sure this is the answer my President, our government, and myself want from them. Nothing else. The alleged house plot, Flat 4, Silk House, 7 Waterden Road, London, E20 3AL, United Kingdom, which they informed the President is owned by myself, surely has an owner who is registered in their own system (the UK Government), and this owner, as per their own record, is not Anita Among” (Anita Among, 29.05.2024).

It is hard to believe at this point. The President wouldn’t write a letter with a significant address in London without any intelligence or sort of evidence of his own. The Speaker trying to get public confidence, but what she does need is the trust of the President. Peace.

Opinion: Does anyone care about the DP Block?

“A team of DP block members led by Lubega Mukaaku and Micheal Mabikke have decided to end their cooperation with NUP. In their press conference held today in Kampala, the bloc members cited incompetence of the NUP leadership to push the struggle to the next level” (Spectre Media, 29.05.2024).

It is weird writing this… because I feel I am touching on a nothing burger. This is whole bunch of nothing. People trying to create controversy and destroy the National Unity Platform (NUP). I think that’s the plan but have doubt I about it.

The NUP and the People Power Movement spawned a lot of people’s careers ahead of the 2021 General Elections. Ever since the red wave and the openness of Bobi Wine to other people to join his cause. Has there been plenty of journeymen and people who sought a meal-ticket on his behalf.

The DP Block came as a force to try to get the People Power and the NUP under the wings of the Democratic Party in some ways. That’s why Mao felt betrayed and been vocal dissent against Bobi Wine. We have seen that and the end of the cooperation between the DP Block and NUP was bound to happen.

The DP Block doesn’t have the same sway or even crowds for that matter. They are not aligned and the leaders of the DP Block shows that. This is done at the time when the NUP is mobilizing it’s base and going out to a meet the public across the nation.

Just like the Eastern Revolutionary Platform (ERP) was created yesterday. This move is in the same fashion. People who has associated themselves with the NUP and People Power are going out on their own. They where maybe not so invested or in the struggle for the same thing. These people might thought it was an easy avenue to get to the meal-ticket. Therefore, they have to create other parties or platforms to be relevant now.

The DP Block can re-invent themselves and find new allies. Nevertheless, Lubega or Mabikke had briefcase parties and was irrelevant. The DP Block gave them a space and the NUP put more spotlight on them. However, they apparently never got the power or prestige that they sought after. That’s why these brothers are seeking other ways now.

No matter what Bobi Wine or the NUP had done. These people would never be satisfied. That’s the gist of this. The DP Block leadership wants to be heroes and lead people to salvation. Nevertheless, they aren’t seeking the remedy or the stories that could lead them into a better place. Peace.

Bobi Wine and the NUP blocked from crossing the Ssezibwa Bridge towards Palisa district….

“We’ve been blocked from Ssezibwa bridge on our way to Pallisa District and now we are on our way back to Kampala” (National Unity Platform, 24.05.2024)

The regime can talk all it wants about freedom, liberty and democracy, but it’s actions are in stark contrast to those words. The leadership of Kampala, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and President Museveni can act like they have opened up a Multi-Party Democracy. However, whenever there is a threat or someone who sparks popularity. That’s when the authorities and security organizations targets that political campaigning.

Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and the National Unity Platform (NUP) is on their second part of the Nationwide Mobilization Campaign. Nevertheless, for yet another day and another week it’s getting tear-gassed, road-blocked and meeting hostile law enforcement. NUP Activists being detained and leaders having to consult and negotiate to even be able to move forward. They have to beg to able to gather and meet. Therefore, you know the drill and the gig of the state is up.

The NRM and authorities fears the popularity and the voice of reason in Bobi Wine. They want him silenced and his party too. The ones who stands by his side and who associates with him can be touched too. Therefore, this Nationwide Mobilization is a troublesome affair. The state is using all means and now showing their true nature.

Bobi Wine and his party isn’t allowed to assemble and build their party. As the authorities block it and make it hard to even move. While the NRM says a lot of opposition parties are just working in their headquarters and not outside mobilizing people. It is for a reason why they can’t and cannot do it properly. That’s because there is road-blocks, tear-gas and other obstacles like today.

Today is just evidence of how the NRM operates and what it does to stay in power. The way the authorities does this stop Bobi Wine and his party. That’s all they do and it isn’t funny. It just shows the modus operandi and the impunity that reigns the nation. There is no peace or liberty when it can be so easily taken away from you. Today it’s the NUP and Bobi Wine. Tomorrow it might be someone else in the firing line.

This shows what the state does and how it works. Bobi Wine is just the example of a man trying to make a difference and his not allowed to criss-cross the Republic. That’s the message here and we can all see it. Peace.

Opinion: Bobi Wine will get no favours…

It is now evident that the National Unity Platform (NUP) and the leader of it, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine will face more trouble ahead of the 2026 General Elections. The 2021 General Elections is long gone and the trying times are upon it.

The kidnappings and abductions aren’t ceasing. The NUP is facing trouble from within and usage of political leverage to appease the ones who can be bought. The journey men and the ones fleeing other parties are now seeking a new safety net ahead of the next polls.

There is no denying that the “Red Wave” and the People Power Movement was the strongest ahead of the 2021 election. Now it has stalled and the institutionalization of the NUP has stifled it’s tracks. As well as it has suffered the lack of resolve and measures from within. The leadership in Parliament and beyond are questioned. Not that the NUP has power, but it has little to show for it. That’s the problem it has as an opposition and lacking any majority to seal any sort of political victory. Neither has it been effective in stopping or demonstrating against the regime.

This week the old petition against the state in the Uganda Human Rights Commission for blocking him from performing as an artist and holding concerts. It has been withdrawn and the petitioner has stopped it, before the UHRC has worked upon it or even made it a significant case. We have seen this with the stalling tactics of the state in regard to Dr. Kizza Besigye. Therefore, Bobi Wine is just getting similar treatment to him…

There will be no safeguards or help from the authorities. The authorities and the state has him as a target, a threat and they fear his rise to popularity. That’s why the government friendly media targets him and his associates. The ones who are aligned or dares to challenge the status quo. They are the ones who are possible victims and not the ones who can be shielded from trouble.

The Bad Man from Kamwokya will not be met with law enforcement to seek a better tomorrow. No, they will find something on and pin him on the cross. They are there to ensure his demise and end. That’s what’s the goal is and that’s his been able to run away for so long. Is triggering the ones in authority, as his supposed to lose steam and not be able to promote his vision.

Bobi Wine is supposed to fail and make a briefcase party. The NUP was supposed to crash and burn. There was supposed cases against the constitution and how it was organized ahead of the 2021 elections, and some is trying to forge the same narrative ahead of the 2026 polls. They want to hurt and take away the party that is ushering in a new future for the Republic.

That’s why Bobi Wine can never sleep or rest. He has to be awake and ensure the ones around him is people he trusts. Because people will use him and possibly weaken his cause. They will target him and try to play mind games with him. That’s why he must be careful. Nothing is given to him and neither to the NUP party. It is by default and by codes of the state.

The regime has already targeted the red beret, activists, leaders and planned mobilization of the party. There is nothing given to Bobi Wine and his likes. That’s why allies are Court Martialled or possibly taken by drones. There is nothing the state aren’t willing to do to incite fear. That’s why the NUP will continue to fight with their hands tied. While the state and authorities will belittle every move, because that’s what they do. Peace.

National Unity Platform (NUP): Statement to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) – (20.05.2024)

Opinion: Nyeko MP is now a political target…

“The police are holding Makindye East MP Derrick Nyeko and four other suspects for possession of attire similar to that used by the military. According to Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, this followed a daylong siege at several homesteads in Kamwokya, including an office used by the National Unity Platform. He says the suspects are being processed for court and that this operation will extend to other parts of the country” (NTV Uganda, 14.05.2024).

This story has been told before and will be repeated itself in Kampala. The authorities of the state are like this and will create a crime out of thin air to take away the privileges and livelihood from an opposition leader, in this regard the Derrick Nyeko MP is the target and the one who is the suspect.

This is creating allegations and criminal intent without proof, evidence or anything of such sorts. That’s why they are making a pending case and using the opposition MP as a criminal. Even when his only crime is to stand by the Opposition and being part of the National Unity Platform (NUP).

Nyeko MP as a vocal voice within the opposition is certainly a sore thumb for the National Resistance Movement (NRM). They are now using the UPDF Act against him, but not doing the same towards their own. We have seen several of MPs and High Ranking Officials within the regime wearing attire of the UPDF. However, when an opposition leader has or possess something similar he gets in legal jeopardy.

The state comes with a raid and a house-arrest. They tries to intimidate and show their force towards Nyeko MP. We have seen the authorities keeping opposition activists and leaders captive over the red beret. If not they have said so over other attires too, but allows the allies, associates and regime’s own lackeys can wear uniform or whatnot from the same UPDF. Therefore, this law is only applied for the ones who are defiant of the state.

Nyeko MP is just an example… the man is target and they have shown their cards already. Yet another NUP MP is under fire and we all know the drill. Peace.