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Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition politician: From the streets to state?

Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition politician: From the streets to state?

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Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to musician and now opposition politician Bobi Wine

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Victoria Uwonkunda, reporter and presenter for BBC News, speaks
to Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition politician, as he reflects
on the personal and political challenges he has faced as well as
his determination to run again as President in the next election.

Born in the slums of Kampala, Bobi Wine -birth name Robert
Kyagulanyi - first entered the political arena in 2017 when he
was elected to parliament with huge popular support, so much so
that he became known as the ghetto president.

He went on to run against President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021
election - taking on a leader in power for nearly 40 years.

But the campaign was rocked by violence and for Bobi, countless
times in jail.

Now Bobi Wine is preparing to run again in the 2026 presidential
election. The Interview brings you conversations with people
shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews
from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service, Mondays
and Wednesdays at 0700 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as
a podcast, out twice a week on BBC Sounds, or wherever you get
your podcasts.

Presenter: Victoria Uwonkunda Producers: Clare Williamson,
Gabriel May Editor: Sam Bonham

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