Bobi Wine

Politics & Policy

Museveni’s new foreign funding law deepens fears over shrinking political space

New foreign funding law has drawn criticism from opposition figures, rights groups, and development partners
Medium shot of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signing an official act into law at State House.
OpinionPolitics & Policy

Escape to America cannot solve Bobi Wine’s dilemma

Bobi Wine's flight to the US highlights the core tension facing Uganda's opposition: street legitimacy versus international advocacy
Bobi Wine, standing in a car, surrounded by hundreds of supporters in Lira town, 7 September 2023, while on a countrywide tour.
Politics & Policy

Bobi Wine’s 2021 bid highlights youth vote challenge—and Museveni’s mastery

Despite widespread “youth wave” optimism, the NRM employed diverse, embedded strategies and tactics to obstruct Bobi Wine’s efforts to build a national youth constituency
Bobi Wine, standing in a car, surrounded by hundreds of supporters in Lira town, 7 September 2023, while on a countrywide tour.
OpinionPolitics & Policy

Three years on, the events of November 2020 loom large

Opposition National Unity Platform says some of its supporters are still unaccounted for since November 2020, and continues to face intense scrutiny from security forces
OpinionPolitics & Policy

For Museveni, memory of his past holds the key to youthful support

President Museveni's claim to power rests in large part on history – the hold with which the country’s dark past grips it citizens
Uganda's President Museveni atop a military pickup, inspecting an honour guard, four top security officers standing behind him