Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan politician, activist, singer, actor, businessman and philanthropist. He is running for President of Uganda on the National Unity Platform ticket in the 2021 General Election.

Bob Wine actively entered the political arena in 2017 and won the Kyaddondo East parliamentary seat in a by-election. As of 11 July 2017, Bobi Wine served as the Member of Parliament representing Kyadondo East constituency in Wakiso District. He is renowned for his music and speeches that have galvanized youth to seek change. “I am going to stand up for issues. I’m here to give young people confidence”. He instantly became a voice for Uganda’s youth in Uganda.

Bobi Wine, was born in Mpigi District in Uganda on 12th February 1982 and grew up in the Kamwokya slums in Kampala. His mother was a nurse and his father a farmer.

Both his characteristic enthusiasm for democratic discourse and the popularity that he had earned from his prior artistic and philanthropic endeavours successfully endured the transition to politics. These assets of his found new purpose in his persistent criticism of the long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni’s administration, which he has rightly attacked as an administration built and maintained by unconstitutional means since reaching office.