Bobi Wine’s Return: The arrest on the tarmac of Entebbe and whisked away to his home..

Today, as the scheduled arrival from the diaspora, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was arrested as he entered the soil at Entebbe International Airport. While roads have been blocked, MPs arrested, journalists arrested and other parts of the nation under siege.

The headquarters of National Unity Platform (NUP) been besieged. The home of Bobi Wine has been the same. Roads been put on roadblocks and opposition politicians has either been blocked from entering Entebbe or arrested on the spot. The authorities in full ammo and prepared to be hostile.

The 1 million march to Entebbe never happened. There was no joy or celebration. Only a massive appearance of security forces, which was prepared and ready. These have been ordered out in the streets. They have been checking every car destined for Entebbe. The area was also under black-out and clearly the state had no plan of giving Bobi Wine a safe journey home. No, they whisked him away and at the moment nobody knows where his at.

We can just speculate what reasons they will give. They cannot say he did some “offensive communication” or “incited to violence”. Because, the most violent ones was the security operatives who went after activists, journalists and MPs today and yesterday. They used violence and brutally went after the ones mobilizing the citizens to go to Entebbe.

By all means, we know the Police Force will fear-monger and they do so on the regular. They will pin something on Bobi Wine and the NUP. That is by default and they need an “excuse” for the arrest. Even if they are taking from it thin-air and with no justifiable reason to do so. There will be some lingering threat or facing judgement that makes no common sense. That’s because there was no common sense in acting this way either.

The arrest of Bobi Wine and others only shows how the state is lacking popularity. How it cannot contain and control everything. The regime is fearing that someone else is the star. They cannot accept that Bobi Wine is a political figure and with a reasonable popularity behind him. As they arrest civilians, politicians and journalists to silence the critics.

There are reports that after the arrest of Bobi Wine the security officers dropped him at his home in Magere, Wakiso District. That was done as anticipated, but not without ruffing up the security guards he has at his gates. They had to send a message and brutalize people even further. Just to prove their point. Just like when they confiscated journalists gear and arrested them for following the return of Bobi Wine today. It just shows how these things are and where the regime is at.

The ones defending this will find any excuse in book. We have heard it all before and this isn’t the first time the authorities of the Republic does this. No, they have done it before and we have heard the stories. It happened to Besigye and now it happens to Bobi Wine. The same ills of society returns and Bobi Wine just proves his power. When they have to turn up like this.

The current regime is showing its weakness and lack of sensibilities when it acts like this. It doesn’t have a heart or cautious mind. Just pure vile brutality and lack of self-control. As it takes a civilian and his associates as petty chicken thieves. Arresting and detaining people on the whims. That’s what they do and this is just showing the sinister side of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). As they are accepting the oppression and silencing of its critics. Peace.

Opinion: The danger of Bobi Wine’s return…

Tomorrow after visiting the diaspora and been active abroad, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine returns. There been planned march to welcome him home this time around. He has before travelled across the continent and overseas without any sort of action. Maybe because of the suspension of the mobilization tour and authorities ring-fencing him. The National Unity Platform (NUP) sought to use this strategy to show his popularity.

Certainly, the authorities are on alert. They have already arrested people in Wakiso, Entebbe and in the Greater Kampala Area. That’s all happening on the day before his arrival. It is just like the idea of showing up and greeting Bobi Wine is illegal. Just like they made it illegal to wear the red berets. Everything Bobi Wine and the NUP touches becomes a criminal activity. If not “terrorists” shows up and becomes a sudden threat to their existence.

Surely, the Kampala Metropolitan Police will be busy tomorrow as they are blocking the roads in a common fashion around Kololo Independence Grounds, as the President and fellow dignitaries are celebrating another “special day” there. That just happens to coincide with when Bobi Wine returns. We know that the President doesn’t want to share the spotlight or the stage with any other fellow. Therefore, we should expect the following tomorrow.

When Bobi Wine enters Entebbe from the plane. He will be whisked away into a “drone” and be silently taken away to another police post. Where his arrested “pre-emptively” to safeguard the community and “himself”. While they will say he did some “bad communication” or caused “havoc”. Either way they will leave him there for a few hours.

Later they will take him into another vehicle and transport him directly to his home in Magere, Wakiso district. Where there will be ready road-blocks and such all the way to Kampala. They will be in preparation for his return. As if he was an arch nemesis and a convicted felon. That’s what is coming for him. They will later address the fact and say his house arrested and not allowed to leave his home.

That’s what I am anticipating out of this. There is to much noise and the authorities will shut it down. It causes pain and suffering for the ones on top. They cannot accept this and Bobi Wine is just a nuance to them. The President is preparing his speech and fellow dignitaries the photo-shoots to look smart. They don’t need Bobi Wine to destroy the party and the festivities. No, they need to bash in glory and let the peasants do what they do…

We should anticipate more arrests, more kidnappings and sudden “drones” appearing in the next 48 hours. As the state is on high alert. They are not letting this one slide. It is like there is a will and way to just take people into custody. Just to prove a point and make their political activism illegal. That’s really it. Peace.

Opinion: It’s now time for Speaker Among to beg Zaake MP for forgiveness…

Update: The Constitutional Court has quashed a resolution by Parliament to suspend Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, from the position of parliamentary commissioner. This decision comes after the court ruled that several parliamentary rules of procedure were illegally suspended. These suspensions included amending the order paper to include a resolution to expel Zaake from the commission” (NTV Uganda, 28.09.2023).

UPDATE: Court has rejected Speaker Anita Among’s decision to remove Mityana municipality MP, Francis Zaake as a commissioner on grounds that she offended the rules of natural justice and had no quorum in Parliament.” (UBC Uganda, 28.09.2023).

In March last year the Speaker and the Parliament itself removed Francis Zaake MP as the Parliamentary Commissioner. That was done in a vendetta against the opposition MP whose a staunch ally of Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. It isn’t the first time his targeted and won’t be his last, as long as his an elected official in the National Assembly.

I’m not shocked to hear today that the Parliament and the Speaker didn’t follow protocol in concern to the removal of Zaake MP. That was done out of spite and with haste. Just to send a message and show the Opposition who was boss. It wasn’t done out of righteousness or within the rules of the Parliament. No, just a public disregard of the rules of engagement, which is ironic… when the Speaker is supposed to adhere to those and ensure the plenary session are going down accordingly. Alas, that wasn’t the case.

So, 17 months after the act and Zaake MP is vindicated. His not re-instated or gotten back his office. No, his still in the dark and without a way to turn. The Constitutional Court has taken his side and his argument won the court case. However, the Parliament and Speaker will take this slow. They will digest this one and I don’t expect them to rectify their mistake.

Even if the Speaker should send him a letter and have a session where she asks for his forgiveness. That would have been in order after how it went down. She should humble herself and beg for mercy. Because she wronged this man and didn’t act like she should. That’s why he was kicked out and it just shows how tarnished the 11th Parliament is. When someone can act like this and get away with it.

The Speaker has a job to do and especially if she wants to be honourable. Not only in her title, but in her actions. That’s all up to her. We know the verdict and I don’t expect the gentlemen of the House or the Speakers to re-instate him. Yes, on paper he should be there, but knowing how things are. Well, I wouldn’t put it past the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker to let this one slide. They will put forward other business and hope nobody notice. That’s how they roll and they are not people who can take it on the chin. It is beneath them and only others are to comply with their reasoning.

That’s why even in victory Zaake MP haven’t won. Yes, he did it in Court, but the Parliament is still the same. The same people who impeached him and took is office is still there. The Speaker who was vindictive and who acted out spite is there. She will not relent and doesn’t have the moral backbone to reconfigure things. Even when she’s in the wrong. That is not in her character or her modus operandi.

Speaker Among will act like the Supreme Leader and the Wise One. Even when it is not true. She will act like the most powerful one, but she’s not. That’s just how she acts and how she operates as Speaker. Instead of serving, she’s is ordering people around expecting them to obey. However, she will not comply to this Court Order. No, that’s not happening….

She should go to the Office of Zaake MP and ask for forgiveness too. Nevertheless, we know that will never happen in a million years. There will be earthquakes, Biblical plagues and other misgivings before that happens. Peace.

Opinion: The Authorities suddenly blocks Bobi Wine…

We’re going to put an end to the mob mentality, bullying and intimidating tactics of NUP radicals against civilians and law enforcers” – CP Fred Enaga (13.09.2023).

The honeymoon period of mobilization is over after the rally today in Arua and Pakwach. The National Unity Platform and Opposition Leader held a Mobilization Rally there today and that was the final straw.

The Uganda Police Force is now blocking any sort of gathering or public event from the NUP. Meaning the NUP is barred from mobilisation or campaign as it has done in Fort Portal, Kasese, Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale, Lira, Mayuge, Busia, Kabale, Hoima and Luweero.

So we have seen all through August and September the rising tides of change. The NUP and Bobi Wine has sparked excitement and public attention. In such a manner, that the authorities has had enough. They haven’t seen violence or public indecency. Neither has there been any looting or idle behaviour of hoodlums or anything else of that nature. There haven’t been any sort of problem or anything. Just public outcry and passion for the visitor from Kampala. The Bad Man from Kamwokya is sparking fire and making things lit.

That’s why the UPF and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has to block it. They cannot say the NUP is a regional party and neither their support is lacking in rural Uganda. They have shown that the public shows up in the North, East and the West. The NUP wasn’t even allowed to gather the public in their supposed heartland in the Central Region or Baganda. They did so in Luweero, but what if they did so in Entebbe, Masaka, Mukono or Wakiso. We can just imagine the crowds and public display if they tried in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Kampala. That would be massive and parts of the city would practically be at standstill.

This tour and mobilisation campaign is just proving that the propaganda and the stories told by the state isn’t true. They have tried to forge narratives and stories about the NUP. However, they have disregarded the sentiments from the people. It is just further proof of what is going on.

They are using sudden “terrorist threats” which has been unproven and just happen to become a scenario when the NUP moves around. It didn’t happen when the NUP and Bobi Wine remained under lock and key at home. No, it didn’t happen when they tried to run the party from the headquarters of Kamwokya. No, it had to appear and become a big deal the moment that Bobi Wine travelled across the land. Especially, when the authorities see how peaceful and how organized the events are. They see how the NUP and the people are welcoming him. It is a humiliating loss of words and shows how unpopular the current status quo is. Because, it is just telling them that this love isn’t mutual at all.

The police should do policing and not politicking. However, we know the UPF has to do this, because they are ordered to do so. The NUP and Bobi Wine has spanked the NRM around. He has shown his character and why his beloved in the Republic. Something that hurts the pride of Mzee and the son. These two are not capable of what Bobi Wine is currently doing. They don’t have the love or the heart in this game. They are only able to intimidate and buy-off the competition. These two don’t know what popularity means or how they can access that. That’s why they have to block and silence the dissidents. They have to vilify and penalize the ones who stands in their way.

Bobi Wine and the NUP was lucky they were able to keep on this long. They were able to visit so many places before the authorities called it off. That was just lucky. We could have seen martyrs and possible police brutality if this continued. We could assess that the state would do mass-arrests and pre-emptive detention of the NUP leadership. That would be within reason of the state and their law enforcement. We have seen that before and it wouldn’t be shocking in 2023.

The UPF and the NRM is just showing it true face. Instead of actually allowing and accepting the popularity of the NUP. They are instead using the law and the authorities to stop them from going around. That is childish and very cowardly of them. Pinning blame on the people and the ones who shows up to NUP rallies. That’s what the Police is doing and they aren’t showing any credible evidence or it. Neither does they have any. It is just like the planted weapons and bullets in Arua on Bobi Wine. That’s how they operate and they think we will believe them.

The UPF and NRM is lost here. It isn’t funny and it’s a losing strategy. Peace.

Uganda Police Force (UPF): Police Suspends NUP Mobilization Activities til Further Notice (13.09.2023)

Opinion: KaBobi’s Upcountry journey…

The recent mobilisation tour of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine is sort of ended. As he went to Mbarara, Fort Portal, Kasese, Lira and Luweero. He traversed the countryside and got the ability to hold rallies. This happened outside of the Election Road Map. Meaning the National Resistance Movement (NRM) isn’t fearing the crowds, the surge or the popularity of Bobi Wine.

Somehow they allowed him to do it. It must be reasons revealed at a later date. For sure we will see Muhoozi Kainerubaga do even more than sporting events and birthday bashes now. He will do campaigning for his MK Movement. That is the first step in all of this.

While we are seeing the NRM and the apologists attack every word or argument from Bobi Wine. They are downplaying and disregarding what they where seeing. If it wasn’t ferrying people from Kampala. It was all other things and they could just pin blame on him. While the army warned about wearing fatigues and red berets again. This time around there wasn’t mass-arrests, tear-gas, dispersing of crowds or any sort of brutal shut-down of the masses. No, the authorities and the state let it go. Even if there was instances of anti-riot police prepared up-country and waiting for the “final word”. Alas, that never happened and we can now wonder why…

That’s what is boggling my mind. The authorities and the state has allowed these sorts of things before with Dr. Kizza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi. They allowed big rallies and such but by the time of reckoning. The state machinery would be on top and ensure a safe haven for the Presidency. That’s what it does and the opposition is left behind.

This is why we cannot read into too much the big crowds. Especially, if these crowds aren’t participating or partaking in the struggle. If they are showing up for the party and the festivities of the newest upstart. They have done so with the aforementioned leaders too and to no avail. Unless, Bobi Wine has the new wine and not just copying the old, which I hope is not the case.

Bobi Wine and the NUP shows by doing this that they are not a just a Baganda party. They are not just a Central Region party. They have support across the Report. In the West, East and North. They have it even in the heartland and where the Mecca of the NRM, the Luweero Triangle. That’s where he ended this journey this time around.

We have seen the crowds, the joy and the public pleasure of greeting Bobi Wine. His a voice of reason and a popular leader. However, Besigye could do the same in his heyday. He could be everywhere and crowds followed him. It was for a reason that he had the nickname “the People’s President” and he created the People’s Government. That’s all out of his popularity and his defiance against the state structures who wasn’t acknowledging his results in the polls. Therefore, Bobi Wine has to learn from this.

Bobi Wine cannot just bash in glory and repeat what Besigye did. Especially, if the end-game is to remove a dictator. He cannot run the same course and the same approach, and expect a different result. Then you are repeating, rinsing and repeating. It is another year and another time, but reality is more of the same. No changes but the faces of the opposition. The rest is continuing where the previous generation left-off.

This mobilization tour hopeful has something lasting results. More than opening up party offices. Mbabazi did the trick too as Go-Forward opening up offices up-country. That didn’t do much for him either. Alas, that is why Bobi Wine and the NUP needs to think smarter. They need to think of the long-con and the longevity. Not just ahead of the 2026 polls. There is more to life then the election cycle. That is the bitter pill and the costly one too. The political party has its life-blood there, but the message and the will to transform the nation has to come from within. From there spread to the masses. In such a fashion that they are will to battle and go to the trenches. Because after all these years, we know Museveni won’t be defeated on a ballot and the system is rigged against the opposition. Bobi Wine knows this very well and so does anyone else too.

The crowds, the speeches and the popularity is all fine. It is a nice view. However, he needs to think ahead and try to be two steps ahead of competition. While not being tricked or be a tool for the betterment of Muhoozi. That’s possibly the outcome here. As it vindicates him and gives him more reason to campaign ahead of 2026. Because, they allowed Bobi Wine so… Muhoozi should do it too.

We see you, yes, we see you. That’s the game and it is rigged. KaBobi is a maverick, but even those can become pawns. If they are not trying to outwit the ones who has power. Peace.

Parliament of Uganda: Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga – Statement on Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya’s Condition (21.08.2023)

Opinion: Butchaman sold his soul and now he wants to reclaim it…

Without me NRM was not going to defeat Bobi Wine. I would like to thank President Museveni for appointing me as his advisor, I promise to be loyal to him. My brother Bebe Cool told me that Bobi Wine has one trick that he beats them with, he does not respond to people who attack him. I would like to tell you that I have come with 45 tricks to end Bobi Wine’s political fame” – Butchaman aka Mark Bugembe on 29th October 2019

Well, it is just one of those days… Mark Bugembe alias Butchaman has found out the hard way. Back in the day ahead of the 2021 elections, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) was doing whatever it could to be viable and relevant in the ghettos. That was done because Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was a rising star there and becoming a leader of his own. Therefore, President Museveni sought after allies and friends of Bobi Wine to boost his campaign.

One of the men and people that the NRM captured was Butchaman. He was promised a fancy title, a livelihood and being closely associated with the President. He became all of a sudden the Presidential Advisor on Ghetto Affairs. That was done to hurt Bobi Wine and the People Power Movement.

Alas, while that was done in October 2019. There was other who followed him and these has also gotten scorned. In the hey-day and the beginning they will get all the perks. However, that will not last… because they aren’t bringing much to the table. They where poached to hurt and be the demise of another political leader. That’s why they are appointed and why they left the side of former friends of Bobi Wine. It’s all for Museveni to show his power and might. That he could sway them and get them under his roof.

Now we are in the middle of July 2023 and the 2021 election is a fading memory for some. Even if the ramifications of it is still felt to this day. Families are hurt, families are without their fathers or mothers, as they are detained for their political affiliation. If not they have lost loved ones just for associating with Bobi Wine. Because that all happened before and after the polls. That’s a fact… the state didn’t just alter the results and rig the elections. It also hurt the ones who stood tall and are still standing.

When you know this and read that Butchaman is disappointed that he only see Museveni on the TV and wants to return to Bobi. It’s just like… why bother now? You ditched him when he needed you and when the Movement, and party was getting operative. That’s when you moved to a safe-haven and securing your own self.

Maybe the man should use the 45 tricks of his sleeve and change the narratives of his own life. Maybe the supposed Presidential Advisor could give some solid advice for ones. I know I am asking a lot, but I am indifferent about this man. He sold his soul and he has to carry that burden now. He cannot just reclaim it and get accepted into the fold.

Butchaman thought he had gotten the trophy and the prize. He thought he was the next big thing and what the NRM was missing. Alas, he couldn’t see that they was just using him as a prop and a plot to undermine Bobi Wine. While that didn’t last or work. They are just leaving him behind and forgetting about him. He is of no use and certainly, why should the NUP or the People Power Movement trust him?

He already accepted the bag and the title. Butchaman can easily do it again. Peace.

Opinion: Mapenduzi MP just turn yellow…

“I don’t believe Uganda is a poor country. Its just a few crooks that enjoy fueling  the confusion happening in this country” Martin Ojara Mapenduzi (UBC, 14.06.2023).

“Bardege-Layibi division Legislator Martin Ojara Mapenduzi has finally resigned from the leadership of the Public Accounts Committee on Local Government after one and a half years of the opposition’s attempt to have him vacate this office. Immediately after his resignation, the ruling NRM appointed him to Head the Public Service and Local Government Committee a sectoral committee that is supposed to be chaired by NRM legislators” (NBS Television, 20.06.2023).

Some MPs are disingenuous and flagging their wrong colours. They use a party or a popular wave to get elected. Because they know the support and the popular voice will get them elected. However, when the work in the Parliament begins the true colours of the person is shown. The MP used the party and the popular politician to reach office. This isn’t new and has happen in all opposition party.

Today, we can see how someone is becoming a pawn of the NRM. When his supposed to be an independent MP. His looking like a mercenary and a hired gun for the NRM. He is serving the interest of the ruling regime and not being a honourable person to defy or pressure the government as an opposition member.

Just read his quote as his getting a new appointed position in Parliament…

“I did my part. I executed my mandate as a Member of Parliament. It has nothing to do with political party. Nothing to do with personal. It is about our rules dictates and it has a lot to do with the conduct of an individual Member of Parliament” – Martin Ojara Mapenduzi (NTV Uganda, 20.06.2023).

This is him taking responsibility for the impeachment and the removal of Hon. Francis Zaake from the office of Commissioner of Parliament in the 11th Parliament. Mapenduzi MP was happy to serve and be a loyal subject of the NRM. Now that paid him off and he got a new office as a price.

Therefore, the MP should do himself a favour and just join the yellow. It isn’t personal or about political parties. However, it is about integrity and honesty. Honestly the MP should be accountable for his actions… and should just act righteous for ones. He decided to eat and take no accountability for his actions. That’s why his giddy and happy for his good fortunes.

Mapenduzi MP do yourself a favour. You resigned or dropped the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ahead of the 2021 elections. After that you ran on an Independent Ticket while leaning on the NUP. However, that didn’t matter when you got in office and got power. That’s when you turned left and never looked back.

We surely know there is no integrity or moral judgement surrounding the MP. He will just serve and collect the silver coins as they are coming. The MP might act like his just following procedure and protocol. However, these actions tend to only appear or be involved in critical voices or dissidents. The same matters don’t happen to the NRM or the ones who speak ill there. Therefore, the MP isn’t serious when speaking like this.

His now following the crooks who is fuelling the confusion of the nation. Peace.