National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has called on youth to actively participate in leadership at all levels ahead of the 20th January 2025 youth elections.
Addressing the media in Kampala on Monday, Kyagulanyi urged young people to offer themselves as candidates in local government and legislative elections, emphasising that leaders must prioritise the interests of the people.
“As leaders, remember that NUP is anchored on the People Power movement. The interests of the people must always be at the forefront,” Kyagulanyi stated
He added that the struggle for liberation belongs to all Ugandans, who share equal rights and stakes in the nation’s future.
Describing 2025 as a “revolutionary year,” Kyagulanyi expressed hope that oppressed masses would seize the opportunity to break free from what he termed the “dictatorship and authoritarian reign of the military junta.”
Kyagulanyi also addressed internal party challenges, revealing that a court case filed by his former deputy president, through a personal assistant, seeks to bar him from elective politics for ten years.
He blamed this litigation for delaying the gazetting of NUP’s party constitution.
Responding to alleged threats from the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), who reportedly posted tweets threatening to “behead” him, Kyagulanyi said he does not take such threats lightly but will not be intimidated.
“When you have God by your side, no human being can intimidate you,” Kyagulanyi said.
He denounced that the CDF's engagement in partisan politics as unconstitutional.