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Bobi Wine at a past event [Photo: Courtesy] A few weeks to Uganda’s general election and what could be the biggest day of Bobi Wine’s life, he took his presidential campaign to his family’s ancestral home. The 38-year-old pop star, real name Robert Kyagulanyi, made his reputation in the informal settlements of Kampala, but in Kanoni, a sleepy rural town in central Uganda, his support was just as evident. Hundreds of young people, mostly men dressed in red, seem to emerge from the bushes and gardens and surround his motorcade. Bobi Wine, also known as the “ghetto president”, climbed...

MTV Africa and MTV Base have announced the return of the continental flagship award show in 2021 2 minutes read MTV Africa and MTV Base have announced the return of the continental flagship award show in 2021. The Iconic MTV Base celebration, MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), which showcases the ultimate in African culture, music, and creativity, will be held in a re-imagined virtual format in partnership with Uganda, The Pearl of Africa on February 20 th 2021. The MTV Africa Music Awards Kampala 2021 will be broadcasted on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) and MTV (DStv Channel 130). Th...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 To the end of the 2021 Presidential Election, we have come and so too, to the beginning of a very contentious issue. A sensation was caused by a first time presidential candidate, who has been in elective politics from only 2017. National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Robert Kyagulanyi, whose entertainment industry name is Bobi Wine, came in second, leading a six -month old political party.  The Electoral Commission said he scored 34 per cent of the vote. Incumbent Yoweri Museveni got 58 per cent, which in numbers is 5.8 million votes, down from the 5.9 milli...

Daily Monitor Monday January 25 2021 Buganda and Catholics have no case to answer, and are not to blame for the recent electoral storm by National Unity Plat form (NUP) in central region, parts of Busoga and other former strongholds of President Museveni and NRM. These include the Jerusalem of Front for National Salivation (Fronasa) Bugisu in the 60s and 70s, which were also causalities. “A lie gets half way round the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,”Sir Winston Churchill once  said. I believe that the legion of mistakes, uncoordinated campaign strategy  of “Pr...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 24 2021 Musician Moses Ssali, aka Bebe Cool (centre), gives out NRM t-shirts in November 2020. The ruling party used celebrities to campaign for candidate Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary As a communications practitioner, I know the power opinion leaders have in shaping public agenda, I also know how brands benefit from endorsements. However, not everyone is an opinion leader, Abiaz Rwamwiri writes. Advertisement The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party under President Museveni has been given yet another five-year mandate to govern Uganda after...