Asumani Basalirwa
JEEMA President and Member of Parliament Asumani Basalirwa insists People Power Movement was originally his idea until Bobi Wine visited Bugiri where he (Basalirwa) was contesting in a by-election.
While appearing on STV on Thursday night, Hon. Basalirwa said Bobi- real names- Robert Kyagulanyi picked the idea from his (Basalirwa) campaign posters.
Basalirwa explained: “People Power began from Bugiri. When Hon Kyagulanyi came to campaign for me, he saw it written on my poster and an idea started from there. People Power was not in Kyadondo when Hon Kyagulanyi was campaigning to come to Parliament.
Basalirwa’s explanation comes when Bobi is facing a court case where he is accused of wrongly obtaining NUP, political party that evolved from the all powerful People Power Movement.
According to info available on the Internet, The People Power, Our Power movement (also known as the People Power Movement) is a resistance pressure group in Uganda led by Robert
Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, who is the MP for Kyadondo East constituency.
The movement seeks to unite Ugandans on issues such as ending human rights abuse, corruption and redefining the rule of law, with a focus on young Ugandans.
People Power, Our Power first entered the international spotlight in 2017, when singer and social influencer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (otherwise known as Bobi Wine) announced his candidacy for the Kyadondo East seat of the Ugandan parliament.
After the main opposition to the ruling Democratic Party (DP), the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), declined Kyagulanyi’s application to run on their ticket, he ran as an independent candidate.
Kyagulanyi went on to defeat both parties in the by-election, receiving more than four times the total votes of his NRM opponent.
Kyagulanyi had begun including political messages in his music even before he ran for election, voicing his thoughts on the upcoming 2016 election through his song Situka:W”our leaders have become misleaders and mentors have become tormentors, when freedom of expression becomes the target of oppression, opposition becomes our position.”
