Bobi Wine of Uganda and fervor of patriotism
January 12 2019 By Abiodun Karim Giwa

Bobi Wine is very popular in Uganda as a legislator and singer, especially among youths. He had wanted to use his music for a political breakthrough to unseat Museveni and become president. But it was one venture that almost turned tragic as the dictator showed Wine the true color of a dictator.
Wine spent more days in detention than he campaigned to be president and managed to be alive on regaining his freedom. The reason was his popularity and the sweetness of his revolutionary songs - popular among people, but which were discordant tunes to the Ugandan leader.
And now Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi) and Kyadondo East legislator is not completely out of trouble, according to The Observer published in Uganda, in a report about the banning of Wine's concerts. According to the report, Wine said he was approached by people in government for him to sing for the regime but that he declined the request. Consequently, the power in the country want him rusticated.
"I have always been approached by some of these people in government with requests that I sing in support of the dictatorship or at least keep quiet," Wine reportedly wrote on Facebook. "They told me recently that they will block my shows and frustrate my business until I run broke. Too bad for them. They have been made to believe that money is everything. They wrongly think by stopping my shows they will impoverish me, break my firmness and compromise my values," Wine said in the report.
The only difference between Wine and Nigeria's late Fela Anikulapo Kuti is that unlike Fela of sweet memory, Wine has presented himself for election and has been elected into the legislature, and he continues the pursuit of higher office and singing at the same time. His strive to seek higher elected has brought Wine's major human right of pursuing a livelihood under attack, and his life unsafe.
Wine mentioned some other musicians who have been singing praises of Museveni and his government in comparison to the narrow path that he has chosen to tread. He said he had told these other musicians in private that he shall never sell his soul for the filthy lucre. That he shall never use his voice to sing for a dictatorship that is ruining his country, and that to do that will be to sing to console the enemies of the people.
Despite the suffering and deprivation, Wine has vowed to always sing for a better Uganda. With a reference to his supporters as 'friends', he said Uganda is the only home they have and that whatever that is left of the country, they all always remain as Ugandans. Mose Kisha writes in the newspaper about Wine's phenomenon.
Wine has shown a great promise and a personality to watch in Ugandan politics. His brand seems to be genuinely incorruptible and digging the ground for the end of Museveni's weird political acts.
Wine spent more days in detention than he campaigned to be president and managed to be alive on regaining his freedom. The reason was his popularity and the sweetness of his revolutionary songs - popular among people, but which were discordant tunes to the Ugandan leader.
And now Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi) and Kyadondo East legislator is not completely out of trouble, according to The Observer published in Uganda, in a report about the banning of Wine's concerts. According to the report, Wine said he was approached by people in government for him to sing for the regime but that he declined the request. Consequently, the power in the country want him rusticated.
"I have always been approached by some of these people in government with requests that I sing in support of the dictatorship or at least keep quiet," Wine reportedly wrote on Facebook. "They told me recently that they will block my shows and frustrate my business until I run broke. Too bad for them. They have been made to believe that money is everything. They wrongly think by stopping my shows they will impoverish me, break my firmness and compromise my values," Wine said in the report.
The only difference between Wine and Nigeria's late Fela Anikulapo Kuti is that unlike Fela of sweet memory, Wine has presented himself for election and has been elected into the legislature, and he continues the pursuit of higher office and singing at the same time. His strive to seek higher elected has brought Wine's major human right of pursuing a livelihood under attack, and his life unsafe.
Wine mentioned some other musicians who have been singing praises of Museveni and his government in comparison to the narrow path that he has chosen to tread. He said he had told these other musicians in private that he shall never sell his soul for the filthy lucre. That he shall never use his voice to sing for a dictatorship that is ruining his country, and that to do that will be to sing to console the enemies of the people.
Despite the suffering and deprivation, Wine has vowed to always sing for a better Uganda. With a reference to his supporters as 'friends', he said Uganda is the only home they have and that whatever that is left of the country, they all always remain as Ugandans. Mose Kisha writes in the newspaper about Wine's phenomenon.
Wine has shown a great promise and a personality to watch in Ugandan politics. His brand seems to be genuinely incorruptible and digging the ground for the end of Museveni's weird political acts.
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