Bobi Wine

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February, 1982), commonly known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan activist, politician, and actor. He is currently the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), a political party in Uganda opposed to Yoweri Museveni's government.

Wine is a former member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda's Central Region. In June, 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 2021 Ugandan presidential election. He participated in the 2021 election, in which, according to official results, he lost to incumbent Yoweri Museveni. As of January 2026, he maintains that this result was fraudulent. On 14 December, 2021, he was placed under house arrest by the Government of Uganda. He continued to protest his arrest. He later went abroad, where he was involved in the creation of a documentary titled The corruption involved in the 2021 election. Upon his return to Uganda on 5 October, 2023, he was arrested. The Peabody Award-winning documentary film Bobi Wine: The People's President chronicled his journey during the 2021 election.