Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform (NUP) parliamentary candidate for Kawempe South and an elder brother to its leader Robert Kyagulanyi, has appealed to party supporters abroad to increase financial contributions ahead of the 2026 general elections, saying the funds are critical to mobilisation and campaign logistics. Speaking to Bbeg Media, Nyanzi, who also…
The president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine to today met Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga to tap into his wisdom and seek his blessings ahead of his campaign in Lubaga. Kyagulanyi arrived at about 10.00 am and was received by the Buganda Minister for Information, Israel Kazibwe Kitooke, alongside Noah…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has condemned the violent clashes that broke out during presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi’s campaign rally in Gulu on Saturday, calling the incident “unfortunate and uncalled for”. In a statement issued on Sunday, chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama said the commission was awaiting investigations into the causes of the confrontation but stressed that…
On October 22, 2025, Uganda woke up to horrifying news that an accident on the Kampala-Gulu highway had claimed 46 lives. Four vehicles, two of them buses, had been involved in this deadly crash near Kitaleba village. Cause: initial Uganda Police Force reports indicate the two buses, coming from opposite directions, were simultaneously trying to…
Since September 30, Medard Sseggona, the Busiro East MP, has held 23 interviews on radio, television, and various social media channels, according to a count by Bbeg Media. In all these interviews, he has attempted to justify why he remains the better MP for the constituency compared to Mathias Walukagga, whom the National Unity Platform…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has been in the news over its decision to join the Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD), which it spent years attacking as a “tool” controlled by President Museveni. In the eyes of some, the move has left NUP looking weak and without clear principles. On social media platforms, party supporters…
The incumbent, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the NRM will start his 2026 re-election campaign in Makindye division while Robert Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform (NUP) will head to Jinja on September 29. It is the first time since 1996 that Museveni has not started in Luweero district, which the NRM has symbolically regarded as…
Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), yesterday said Norbert Mao, the minister of Justice and DP president, had betrayed the struggle for democracy and good governance. Addressing supporters ahead of his presidential nomination by the Electoral Commission on September 23, Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine expressed dismay at Mao’s recent remarks dismissing…
For over three decades, Northern Uganda was a fortress of opposition against the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). The scars of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict ran deep, turning elections into battlegrounds of resentment. Yet over the last three election cycles, the region has shifted, politically. Peace has washed away old grudges, and today,…
Yesterday, at the National Resistance Movement (NRM) headquarters in Kampala, the ruling party unveiled a new campaign poster for President Museveni. This poster is for the 2026 elections. It shows Museveni smiling, wearing his famous white hat and shirt, against a bright yellow background. His campaign tagline for 2026-2031 is: “Protecting the Gains As We…
Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga is a very selective fellow, those who have worked with him say. Whether it is the pair of shoes, the tie, the suit, or the food he eats, Mayiga will take his time before making a decision. So we take it that the people or institutions he chooses to follow on…
Habib Buwembo, the Head of Mobilisation at the National Unity Platform (NUP), has firmly defended his decision not to contest for any parliamentary position in the 2026 general elections. He told Bbeg Media in an interview that his choice stems from being relatively new to NUP and not holding a position on the National Executive…
Medard Lubega Sseggona has said that it would be foolhardy for the National Unity Platform (NUP) to ditch him for any other candidate in Busiro East. Lubega was speaking to journalists at Kavule after picking up nomination forms. “Do you want to say that our party does not need quality people?” Look around, look at…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) stunned supporters and critics yesterday when it held an extraordinary delegates conference at their leadership school in Kamwokya that saw the re-election of its top leadership. Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, retained his position as party president, alongside David Lewis Rubongoya as secretary general and Joel Ssenyonyi as…
At a social function in Busiro East over the weekend, Medard Lubega Sseggona, the constituency’s outspoken MP, sent ripples through Uganda’s political landscape. Addressing a cheering crowd, he declared: “The next president of NUP will come from Busiro East. And it will be me.” The statement positioned Sseggona as the heir apparent to Robert Kyagulanyi,…
Norbert Mao was re-elected as the president general of the Democratic Party (DP) in a drama filled delegates conference where some may argue that the very concept of democracy was ‘thrown out of the window.” Mao defeated his main challenger Dr Lulume Bayiga handidly but the conference, meant to be a democratic exercise to shape…
By Kungu Al-mahadi Adam Uganda’s political landscape is a battleground where opposition forces face an uphill struggle against President Museveni’s entrenched regime. In this high-stakes environment, unity among opposition leaders is not just strategic—it’s existential. Yet, the escalating feud between Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, the charismatic leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), and…
Emmanuel Dombo, the director of communication at the NRM, has said the National Unity Platform (NUP) made empty promises to Buganda during the 2021 elections. Speaking to Bbeg Media, Dombo said the people of Buganda have now seen the weaknesses and loopholes within the Robert Kyagulanyi-led party ahead of the 2026 election. “We can’t be…
Let me begin off by telling you about what I’m reading. I should have been done with this book by now but I had to slow down and start taking notes. Savour it like I do a Café Javas Black Current cake on Sunday morning after church. There is another reason. I could not speed…
Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has built his political brand on the premise of fighting for the common Ugandan. At the vigil for the late Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya organized by the National Unity Platform (NUP) which he leads, Kyagulanyi told supporters that he loved the legislator because he was not an ‘elite.’ “Ssegirinya…
