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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>There is an English adage that goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This fits well into Robert Kyagulanyi<\/p>\n

Ssentamu\u2019s presidential campaigns that I have been following for weeks now. Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine \u2013 his music stage name \u2013 among all the presidential candidates has met more blockades by the police, which has sometimes shot directly at his car, flattening its tyres and at one point missing Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake by inches.<\/p>\n

But in most of these cases, the musician-turned-politician has found something to put a smile on the faces of those around and of his tormentors.<\/p>\n

For instance, as he headed to Bundibugyo on November 24, 2020, several police trucks sandwiched his car, and, for the cops on the trucks, Bobi freestyled a capella to them as they fought to keep straight faces, but this seemed to soften their hearts, so much so that he campaigned in the mountainous district without much disturbance.<\/p>\n

He did the same on December 11, 2020 at Ngeta swamp where a combined force of the police and military blocked him for more than 10 hours. The teargas that welcomed him as he entered Mubende in December gave him an idea for a new composition, Tebatukuba Teargas Tuve Wano that he sampled as he concluded his rally in the district.<\/p>\n

Despite the message, his ecstatic supporters danced along, cheering. On December 26, when the police flattened his car tyres again at Kifuuta in Kyotera district, his singing partner, Nubian Li, took advantage to stage a mini concert as mechanics replaced the tyres.<\/p>\n

For almost one and a half hours, Nubian Li sang as the villagers took turns to take photographs with Kyagulanyi until about 8:30pm when the police fired teargas to disperse the crowd that had gathered for the accidental Boxing day concert. At his rallies, he sometimes spices his speeches with short performances. His music producers move with a collection of instrumentals of his \u2018revolutionary\u2019 music that they play back and he sings to.<\/p>\n

Songs such as Freedom, Batukasuka Kulalira and Kasukaali Keeko keep bringing Bobi Wine to the fore once in a while, as Kyagulanyi waits in the sidelines.<\/p>\n

THE BARBIE EFFECT<\/b><\/p>\n

Right at the onset of his campaigns, Kyagulanyi promised a \u201crub-a-dub\u201d style of vote hunting \u2013 implying that he was to employ both the conventional and non-conventional means.<\/p>\n

Seeing images of him washing his face in a swamp in Oyam district or with water from a mineral water bottle by the roadside at Migyera in Nakasongola district, one would think that the self-claimed Ghetto president handles the presidential campaigns the ghetto way.<\/p>\n

But he is more organised than he sometimes appears to be. Before the police arrested almost his entire campaign team in Kalangala on December 30, Kyagulanyi had a team of about 40 people comprising mechanics, nurses, music producers, bodyguards and social media handlers.<\/p>\n

In addition, he has another team of about three, which is supervised by his wife, Barbara Itungo, that is charged with his wardrobe and meals.<\/p>\n

He keeps a fully-equipped ambulance in his convoy, which rushes injured supporters, team members and sometimes security officers to the nearest health facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party secretariat officially deployed not more than 40 people. Those are the only ones that we cater for; the rest are volunteers who survive on their own but have been on the trail since day one,\u201d Mathais Mpuuga, the NUP deputy president in charge of Buganda, said.<\/p>\n

DAILY REVIEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

At the end of each day on the campaign trail, Kyagulanyi sits with his teams to assess his performance and media reports about that particular day.<\/p>\n

Sitting at the dining table in Mpuuga\u2019s home in Masaka city, different team members took turns to show or play for him clips of the news stories about his campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah man! Kyakabi (that\u2019s cool),\u201d he said, but wondered why they were not showing him anything about President Museveni\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see the enthusiasm in the villages, I feel so challenged and ask myself, \u2018what is this I came into?\u2019 And at the same time [I] think of what explanation I can give those many people that have believed in us if I ever betray them. That\u2019s enough to keep me going despite the challenges,\u201d Kyagulanyi said.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the presidential candidate is not keen on football, unlike many of his supporters. When Mpuuga turned on the TV, the Arsenal – Chelsea game was on, to which Kyagulanyi said: \u201cWho still watches football? I don\u2019t know whether I support Arsenal or Manchester United. Nubian, which team do you support?\u201d Nubian Li responded, \u201cIf you paraded all the players, I would fail to identify any, but I know there\u2019s a star called Messi and another one called Ronaldo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mpuuga switched to one of the local channels to catch the 9pm news, after which they settled for a strategic meeting that excluded the bouncers and music promoters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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