Joel Ssenyonyi, Member of Parliament for the Nakawa West Constituency and Spokesperson of the National Unity Platform (NUP), has disagreed with Bobi Wine’s intent to hold a welcome procession for him when he returns from abroad and protest against the police’s suspension of mobilisation tours from Entebbe Airport to Kampala.
According to a source, Bobi Wine sent Ssenyonyi and Rubongoya ahead of him to come and consult with other party organs about holding a procession from the airport to Kampala in protest of the police’s suspension of their mobilisation tours across the country; however, during the consultation, a bitter exchange occurred between those in favour and those against.
“Ssenyonyi and his team strongly disagreed with Bobi Wine’s intended protest, insisting that a lot of people have been arrested in the past and it could be the same. He was also concerned that it would affect plans for other country tours,” said the source.
The source added that, out of anger resulting from the bitter exchange, Ssenyonyi shouted at the other team to stop pretending as if they were not aware of the intentions of that protest.
“Ssenyonyi stated that they all knew it was just a means of creating accountability for donors for monies given to the party. He said it was not worth it since they still have many people in prison due to unlawful protests,” he stated.
According to the source, Rubongoya remained tight-lipped as he was caught between a stone and a hard place.
However, these disagreements, according to the source, are going to affect the party in terms of accountability since Bobi Wine and his wife, Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi, remained behind in Canada, soliciting more funding.
“The duo will do everything possible to convince funders to give them more money, but without protestors, it’s hard to show where the money is going since they claim to use the money to bail protestors out of jail and look after their families,” said the source.
Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi, who stayed back in Canada with her husband Robert Kyagulanyi, astounded donors and revelers when she made baseless, untrue, and made-up scenarios about President Museveni.
According to Itungo, Museveni started stealing votes in 1980, when he worked as a vice chairman of the military commission under the leadership of Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere.
These claims have been proven to be false and misleading, according to many Ugandan politicians who have called the NUP first lady unlearned, ignorant, and also unfit to articulate matters of national importance.
According to the source, Itungo spent months studying and preparing to give a speech at the convention but was given falsified information to spread to the masses, which ended up turning against her.
“The public was totally lost; they could not understand a single statement she tried to put forward, and the ones that did understand knew she was lying. It was embarrassing for everyone involved,” the source stated.
A few weeks ago, members of the US State Department were dissatisfied with Kyagulaanyi’s inability to articulate matters of national significance.
The meeting with Kyagulanyi was deemed unproductive as he allegedly failed to address key policies essential for a nation’s progress, rendering it a futile use of time, and concerns have been raised about Kyagulanyi’s leadership potential for Uganda following his performance at the meeting.
Analysts believe the road to 2026 will be difficult for NUP to maintain members and supporters due to disagreements among party leaders and the blunders made by Kyagulanyi and his wife during the party’s convention.
