The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, is facing backlash from Ugandans after the United States of America (US) secretary of state, Antony John Blinken, revealed that the sanctions that were put on Ugandan officials were a result of Uganda enacting the Anti-Homosexuality Act rather than corruption and human rights abuse as it was earlier stipulated.
When the US imposed sanctions on Ugandan officials, including the speaker of parliament Anita Among, Lt. General Peter Elwelu, and two former ministers Mary Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu, Bobi Wine was the first to celebrate and took credit, remarking that he and his team convinced the US to sanction those officials.
“We welcome these sanctions and appreciate the government of the United States for listening to the cry of our oppressed people. We hope more individuals and organizations responsible for the suffering of our people will be sanctioned,” Bobi Wine stated while celebrating the sanctions.
Even though Bobi Wine did not state on what grounds he called for the sanctions, it was presumed that he made a case against the sanctioned Ugandan officials over their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuse.
However, according to a recent revelation made by the US’s Blinken, the Ugandan officials were sanctioned for their efforts in enacting the Anti-Homosexuality Act.
“When human rights abuse is carried out on LGBTQ persons, we hold the perpetrators accountable. When Uganda enacted the anti-homosexuality act, we sanctioned the officials involved,” Blinken stated, revealing the real reason why Speaker Among and other Ugandan officials were sanctioned.
Blinken’s statement has made several Ugandans furious at Bobi Wine, who, in his own words, said he was the mastermind of the sanctions. The angry Ugandans are astonished that Bobi Wine called for the sanctioning of his countrymen in advocacy for LGBTQ rights.
“I didn’t know Bobi Wine meant gays when he said ‘our oppressed people’ while welcoming US sanctions,” an angry Ugandan commented.
The anti-homosexuality act was welcomed by the majority of Ugandans, both in the ruling party and the opposition, who applauded their representatives for passing a pro-people bill that upholds the country’s culture and values. The revelations by Blinken expose Bobi Wine as an anti-people, selfish politician disguising himself as a freedom fighter to promote homosexuality in Uganda.
