Presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has today been unveiled as the President of National Unity Platform political party (NUP).
NUP was previously headed by Nkonge Kibalama and according to him they decided to merge with People Power following a delegate’s conference that was held on July 14.
Speaking during the unveiling ceremony, Bobi Wine said this is another important step in their liberation struggle. Bobi revealed that much as they wanted to register People Power as a party, at the back of their mind they know it was impractical to form a political party in that very name.
He claimed that the regime has foiled all their attempts to register People Power.
“Indeed, at the end of 2018, our legal team tried to reserve the name People Power, just in case we needed to formally register at some point. As expected, we found that this name had been reserved and flagged so that we could not register it,” Bobi Wine said.
Bobi disclosed that therefore decided to maintain People Power Movement as the glue that brings all people together, regardless of their political affiliations.
However, due to the fact that their main mission in the struggle is to race against President Museveni in the forthcoming election, they had to get a formal political party.
“I am very happy to announce the answer to this question. Although many political parties and organisations had reached out to us, our first and most important criteria were to look out for a formation which shares our values, aims and objectives.
Therefore, today I stand here to announce to the nation that we are unveiling the National Unity Platform as the political wing of the People Power Movement. The National Unity Platform is a political organisation duly registered with the Electoral Commission and our symbol is an umbrella,” Bobi said.
Bobi Wine is set to contest for President on the NUP ticket.