Robert Kyagulanyi Archives

Bobi Wine Comments About Ongoing Slave Trade in Lybia

Posted on November 28, 2017May 22, 2023 by Deborah

Musician/ Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is one man who always advocates for the massess. He is for the people, and always fighting for freedom. He has made his views known to the public, about the current Slave Trade in Lybia.

On his Facebook he posted;

MODERN DAY SLAVE TRADE
I am appalled at the reports of modern day slave trade, happening in 2017 on the African continent. Men, women and children are auctioned like cows and goats in Libyan markets. We all thought this ended with our forefathers from the 16th century to the 19th century when it was abolished.

HUMANITY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF!

The most sickening thing about this is the silence of this world about such a thing. You and I cannot pretend that this is not happening. Media houses are silent. The Africa Union and other regional bodies are speaking in low tones.

This shocking reality, disgusting as it is should not be downplayed. World- RISE UP, SPEAK UP, ACT. Together let us condemn those heartless beasts who profit from human slavery.

Friends, there is another angle to this. These people who are being sold, tortured and killed are young Africans who see Libya as a route to Europe looking for a better life. Africa is a beautiful place with enormous enormous potential. Endowed with great natural and human resource. Sadly, most of this is not optimally utilised, with most countries being mismanaged by our leaders. We must rethink how to create jobs for our people and make continent attractive to all citizens. There is no reason why the African should be subjected to so much indignity looking for a better life in Europe.

We must also remember that this is happening in Libya because of the failure of the state and gross insecurity in that country. We all remember how Libya got there. Leaders should always be very reflective of what country they would want to leave behind and work towards that. When a leader waits to be forcefully kicked out of power, it is not only him, his family, and cronies who get into trouble, but many times the consequences are even worse for their countries and people.
#Freedom

Bobi Wine sends a piercing message to the Government in New song, “Freedom”

Posted on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 by Deborah

Bobi Wine has been living two lives for the past months since he became the Member of Parliament for Kyadondo East. He is Robert Kyagulanyi, the fearless, straight to the point politician,and Bobi Wine, the talented, and much loved music artiste.

There have been claims that the two personalities are getting mixed up, hence calling for a ban on Bobi Wine’s music performances, and media interviews.

Bobi Wine / Robert Kyagulanyi is not giving up. He is not threatened by anything, and has just now shown the world that both his personalities can coexist.

The musician in him has released a song, “Freedom” and the politician has written the lyrics that describe the current rule in Uganda.

The Togikwatako Master, sings about our fight for Freedom, and the chorus counts the. districts of Uganda to join the fight for freedom;

We are fighting for freedom; Kampala mukono Mbale Jinja

We are fighting for freedom; Kabale Rukungiri Mbarara Kasese

We are fighting for freedom; soroti kit arua lira gulu

We are fighting for freedom; Wakiso masaka mubende mityana

The rhythm in the song, and the lyrics are top notch. It also goes on to discuss how the oppression is worse than apartheid, and Uganda is moving backwards. Download this song whereva you are.

Bobi Wine Rejects 29,000,000 Uganda Shillings.

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Deborah

Members of Parliament were given money, in order to buy their support for the pro removal of age limit campaign.

The money given to the MPS was to help them in consultations about the age limit bill, in their different constituencies. This Constitution Ammendment Bill is in line with removal of the presidential age limit, which is currently from 35 to 75, hence allowing life presidency.

Six opposition Members of Parliament had initially rejected this money, calling it dirty, and recently, more and more are joining.

MPS returning what they called dirty money

If you thought it was not possible for anyone in their rightful senses to reject a sum of twenty nine million Uganda Shillings, we have evidence from Hon Robert Kyagulanyi.

While other Members of parliament took the money in cash to the Finance Officer. Bobi Wine/ Robert Kyagulanyi sent a letter back to his bank, rejecting the money, a sum of 29,000,000, before heading of to consult his people on the bill.

He then proceeded to his people, dressed in a red togikwatako uniform, and addressed them on this removal.

Besides Bobi Wine, other opposition legislators have also refused to be part of the move to support this bill.

“I shall never sell my soul to the devil” Bobi Wine Responds to the Ban of His Concerts.

Posted on October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 by Deborah

We all saw this coming, but not this soon. Member of Parliament, Hon, Robert Kyagulanyi, who is a proud opposition, and not shy to express his views, is being punished because of scratching the leopards back.

Him and the president have been having a letter writing competition, that received comments from Ugandans all over the country. The Musician is very determined to use music and arts to fight for the rights of his people. In addition to this, his concerts always draw crowds of Ugandans, large enough to fill two football stadiums.

Recently, he held a concert at “One love Beach”, Busabala, and the police claim that he uttered “incitful language”. Word coming in is that Bobi Wine turned the Music show into a political rally. He was thus banned from performing at music concerts.

All this came right before the Singer/ MP went to his concert in Mukono. It was set for 21st October but stopped by the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander, Frank Mwesigwa. He was then asked to go to Kibuli Police to address the claims. Here are some of the answers Bobi Wine has.

“Returning to the illegal and unconstitutional ban of my music concerts, this too is a sign of a regime on its knees. Throughout history, when dictatorships realize that the people have resoundingly rejected them, they resort to all forms of unreasonable and autocratic laws to silence dissent. So far they have cancelled three of my shows one in Kasese, another in Kamuli and now in Mukono. For the past two shows we had obtained all the clearances, only to be told on last minute that I would not be allowed to perform in the fear that I would utter some ‘political statements’! “

“I have said this to them in private and I repeat it in public- I Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – Bobi Wine, shall never sell my soul to the devil. I shall never use my voice to sing for a dictatorship that is running our country to hell. I shall never sing to console the enemies of the people. I shall never use my voice to betray my country. And yes, I shall always sing about the plight of our people. Their voice shall be my voice. I shall always sing for a better Uganda, because friends, this is the only home we have- whatever is still left of it, we are Ugandans”

Guess we will just have to wait to watch him perform live again.

Andrew Mwenda Adresses “Bobi Wine’s hare brained uninformed assertions”

Posted on October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 by Deborah

So, after Museveni wrote a letter to Bobi Wine, and got his reply, the news has calmed down a little. Now, Andrew Mwenda, owner of the Independent newspaper, a journalist who came into popularity due to his show, ”Andrew Mwenda Live’, due to the strong political views has analysed one of Kyagulanyi’s letters. Here are some of the things he said. Read below;

So Bobi Wine issued a “letter to Young Ugandans” in which he claims that colonialism marked Uganda’s golden age. This is the problem with President Yoweri Museveni’s critics – always ignorant and emotional and their arguments always lack substance in both matter and manner.

I really don’t want to defend Museveni because I personally disagree with him on many issues.

I will address Museveni’s deficiencies another day.

The real danger to Uganda today is not Museveni but an extremist and fanatical wing of the opposition led by FDC cult leader and opposition presidential candidate for life, Kizza Besigye, and lately joined by Bobi Wine. These are emotional desperadoes without any clue of where Uganda has come from, where it is and where it should go.

Let us address Bobi Wine’s hare brained uninformed assertions. He claims that colonialism left behind a well functioning education. In 1961, only 343 students were unrolled in S5 and S6 in a country of 7m people. If such a rate was maintained Uganda today would have 2,225 students in A Level. We have 235,000. And he claims colonialism was the golden age of Uganda.

Bobi Wine also claims colonialism left behind great infrastructure. In 1960, Uganda had only 268km of tarmac after 72 years of colonial rule. The short lived DP government led by Kiwanuka added 210km in one year. Obote added 1,000km in eight years 1962-71. In spite of his government incompetence and corruption, Museveni has in the last i years added 4000km of tarmac. So what is this Bobi Wine really talking about?

This “leader” of the youth of Uganda even claims that under colonial rule a child in a rural primary school would fairly compete with one in the city. But there were no schools in rural areas under colonial rule. If he meant in towns outside of kampala, he should check the 2016 PLE results. The ten best performing districts or towns in order of their performance were: Fort Portal, Entebbe, Ntungamo, Rukungiri, Jinja, Kabale, Masaka, Mbarara, Lira and Masindi. Many of these are far away from Kampala, a city that is not one of them.

Many Ugandan elites are lazy. They don’t want to read and know about their country. They prefer to sit in their homes and imagine things and then hope that such imagination is reality. In the modern age of science, it is sad that those who want to replace Museveni think that they can rely on hallucinations to inform public policy. Our country deserves better. Bobi Wine may be a good singer and dancer. But his “letter to young Ugandans” shows that he lacks the basic competences to even manage a village.

Bobi Wine planting a tree at a campaign at Mengo

Hohohoho…. Let us watch this fire build