The National Unity Platform presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine will launch his 2021 campaign manifesto in Mbarara and not Kampala as earlier scheduled.
The launch will take place on Friday, November 6, and also officially open NUP offices in Mbarara City.
This was revealed by the NUP Secretary General, Lewis Rubongoya on Wednesday, a day after the party’s presidential candidate was duly nominated
“We will be launching our manifesto in Mbarara City. We will also officially open our regional office in Mbarara that day. We had planned to launch our manifesto here at NUP offices yesterday but you saw what happened; how security operatives fired teargas and bullets at us,” Mr Rubongoya said.
Bobi Wine had promised to unveil his manifesto on Tuesday shortly after his nomination but incidents that happened later including his arrests prolonged the launch.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the NUP Secretary General said their program was interrupted by security that fired tear gas to disperse them.
Rubongoya also revealed that the National Unity Platform principal had rejected the security detail given to him by the Electoral Commission after nomination.
“Those people (security detail) who were supposed to protect him were instead the ones helping their colleagues to arrest him at Kyambogo after nomination,” Rubongoya said.
In that fracas, several people, including Bobi Wine, were injured and are currently undergoing treatment in different hospitals across the country.