Bobi Wine: The People’s President review – shocking look at Ugandan star’s campaign

For five years, documentary-makers followed the musician and politician as he attempted to challenge the country’s reigning autocratic leader

“I am not a criminal. I am a presidential candidate.” That’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – AKA Bobi Wine – speaking from inside a police van, his face pressed to the bars after being arrested for the umpteenth time. Wine is a Ugandan pop superstar; his music has earned him the nickname “Ghetto President”. This intense, raw documentary, shot over five years, follows his attempt to become Uganda’s actual president – challenging the long-reigning autocrat Yoweri Museveni. It’s an intimate portrait combined with increasingly shocking footage as his opposition movement comes under attack.

Wine is a man with intoxicating charisma, and a cracking backstory. He grew up in a Kampala slum, pulling himself up by his bootstraps, paying his own way through university and launching a music career. His childhood made him fearless, he says. At university he met his wife Barbie; at home with their four children we see what a solid rock their marriage is. Wine stood as an MP in 2017, angry at proposals by Museveni – clinging to power after more than 30 years – to change the constitution to remove the upper age limit for presidents.

Speaker Anita Among announces she’s expecting during meeting with Pope Francis

In a surprising revelation, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has confirmed her pregnancy during a meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis. Anita Among, who is set to celebrate her 50th birthday this November, recently travelled to Rome where she had the privilege of meeting Pope Francis once again. A video circulating on social media captures […]

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