Mbale, Uganda – Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has reignited his call for a national uprising, launching a fresh mobilisation drive in Eastern Uganda with a clear message: the revolution is now.
Meeting with National Unity Platform (NUP) leaders from 40 districts across Busoga, Bugisu, Teso, Bukedi, and Sebei sub-regions, Bobi Wine urged local organisers to take the struggle directly to the people.
“Mobilise, organise, and agitate,” he said, charging his regional teams to fan out across the east and awaken political consciousness from the ground up.
“This is not just politics as usual. This is a revolution,” Bobi Wine told the gathering in Mbale City on Monday morning. “We are facing a regime that thrives on fear and intimidation, but we refuse to back down. Driven by hope, we shall get there!”
His tone was defiant, his message uncompromising.
Amid a backdrop of continued political repression, arrests, and reported torture of opposition supporters, Bobi Wine’s strategy is becoming increasingly grassroots-focused.
The meeting served both as a training and launchpad for local leaders, equipping them to resist the ruling regime’s grip and spark change community by community.
Sources inside the meeting said the mood was electric—leaders fired up and ready to hit the ground running.
“We know the risks,” said one NUP organiser from Teso. “But this is bigger than fear. Our people are suffering. We’re tired of the lies. It’s time to rise.”
Bobi Wine’s renewed push in the east comes at a time when political space remains heavily restricted and public gatherings are closely monitored by security forces.
Still, his strategy appears to lean on resilience, decentralised mobilisation, and an unwavering belief in people power.
“The revolution will not be televised,” he said previously. “It will be organised.”
From Mbale, that revolution may just be gaining steam.
