Bobi’s Unending Rage On Service Award Annoy Ugandans, Brand Him Envious, Ignorant

Ugandans on X have taken to the platform to express their discontent with the leader of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine.

This comes after Bobi Wine made remarks on March 31, 2025, branding parliament corrupt, explicitly referencing the service award given to the former Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga, upon expiry of his term of office in 2024.

According to the Daily Monitor tweet, Bobi Wine stated in reference to Mpuuga, “It is in this Parliament where the Leader of Opposition was awarded a service award before working…”

Since February 2024, Bobi Wine and the entire NUP leadership have been attempting to convince their membership and the world that Mpuuga is corrupt after receiving a Shs500m service award as the former LoP.

Took the Fight To an International Level

He attempted in his typical vicious operational methods, but Bobi Wine’s efforts to have the former LoP Mpuuga sanctioned over the same service award by the international community fell flat.

Naïve of the international community’s work methods from his local apologists who take his unfounded claims for gospel truth after subjecting his largely empty talks to a substantial investigation to find Mpuuga innocent, the ghetto president cum social media-based politician started public and international proclamations that he had convinced global allies to sanction Mpuuga, and that he could not “enjoy a cup of tea in New York.”

The public proclamation from a supposed national and mature leader did not last for so long when the opposite occurred to expose his approach, which many liken to “rural-urban excitement.”

During the last US general elections, the Government instead invited Mpuuga to observe their national elections from Washington, DC, a thing that underscores their confidence in Mpuuga’s integrity.

Furthermore, the Voice of America (VoA) has since interviewed Mpuuga not once, not twice, but three times in less than three months of 2025. In a development that leaves many wondering if Bobi Wine’s relentless pursuit of Mpuuga is more personal than principled, one of those VoA interviews even focused on the fight against corruption in Uganda.

Budgeting Process/Cycle

The service award money was legally processed by Parliament and eventually passed through the national budget for the fiscal year 2023/2024.

Uganda’s budgeting cycle is a yearlong process where the Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) plan internally and submit their indicative figures to the Ministry of Finance which submits it to the Cabinet before taking it back to Finance to consolidate it into the Budget Framework Paper that it submits to Parliament under the Public Finance Management Act, 2015.

Parliament, being a statutory body, is a self-accounting body, which is the only government arm that determines its emoluments and salaries for MPs though it passes its budget through the same process.

By law, Parliament independently determines its emoluments and salaries, with appropriation powers over all MDAs, including itself. This means that the service award money was rightfully appropriated by Parliament. After all, all concerned stakeholders especially members of Parliament had the ample time within a yearlong budgeting process within which to do their role.

It should be noted that when the matter of the service award emerged, it was taken to the courts of law, where the High Court declared the service award lawful.

Apart from the service award, the same budget gave ex-parliament leaders including the former speakers Rebecca Kadaga, and Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Hajji Moses Kigongo etc, their ex-gratias. However, Bobi Wine and apologists deliberately targeted Mpuuga, who only earned the service award after the expiry of his term of office that started in May 2021 and ended in January 2024.

Annoyed Ugandans Spit Venom

Ugandans on X reacted to a Daily Monitor tweet carrying Bobi Wine’s message, telling him that he is “ignorant about budgeting processes” and that he is just beefing with Mpuuga under the guise of fighting corruption.

Komuntu Sophie commented, “It’s the same parliament giving your political party Shs5 billion every year, yet hospitals don’t have drugs, floods everywhere, doctors’ salaries are low and not paid in time.”

Allan Mawanda added, “The bitterness of learning is preferable to the bitterness of ignorance.”

Charles Koryang stated, “The Same parliament approved money appropriated through IPOD, which NUP dodges to attend its meeting but continues to receive over Shs 5,000,000,000 from taxpayers’ money, and it cannot even account for it. Ugandans should not fall for Bobi Lies.”

Edward Freeworld noted, “Forgetting about political lines, it’s absurd that some people are not much bothered to address the annual purported Shs9 trillions lost to corruption or the cumulative Shs14 trillions unutilized borrowed funds but instead consume their energy on the meagre Shs1.5 billion award.”

Kasibante Joseph asked, “Daily Monitor, educate us more about the budgeting process, please. It seems my principal is as ‘Green’ as any foot soldier.”

Vianne Ndugga commented, “So, uncle Holy fadha [Bobi Wine] thinks he can remove a dictator by lamentations every time and dropping excuses. I guess he could be having blocked vessel somewhere that impedes right thinking! Mpuuga is not in the state house; focus rightly, Bobi.”

John Mark questioned, “Was it morally right, even though it’s lawful, for [new Hon.] Nalukoola to receive 300m for a car in only 9 months left? Is it morally right to receive the salary of March yet he took office only a few days left?”

Dr. Swaib Kaggwa Nsereko (PhD) stated, “Targeting a single individual shifts focus from the issue to the person, undermining the entire cause against corruption. Who appointed him LoP in the first place? This reflects the initiator’s mind-set.”

Utsikika James added, “Same parliament gives a car to each clown, even before they can address no one… Shs200m…they give them money to buy suits for swearing in… This Kaman [small man] with his beef for Mpuuga has fooled everyone…”

Mobek commented, “Does Bobi Wine know about Budgeting? This is pushing Air.”

Emmanuel Kakaire advised, “Accuse the parliamentarians for approving it, not the recipients.”

Jack asked, “What is his stance on Nalukoola’s March salary and car fees for less than a year, or he stops at Mpuuga in seeing the misuse of public funds? Hmmm.”

Baingana Yosa advised Bobi Wine, “Brother, find other things that suit you, but not politics.”

Okiror commented, “Stop being monotonous and boring; we moved on.”

Nats Abubakari stated, “Bobi Wine, you are just fake; if you can’t explain a classified budget, then you have no stand to accuse Owek Mpuuga. You know nothing about budgeting.”

Ivan Mula asked, “Kyagulanyi, you were so hurt by Shs500m service award. You are revengeful, but talk about the Shs1.7bn corruption scandal from the Uganda Airlines to Joel Ssenyonyi was involved in.”

Wike Sam advised Bobi Wine, “Mose radio once sang, why you don’t grow up yet your colleagues grew up, Bobi Wine, grow up.”

Ser Reagan noted, “Seems this has got personal.” City Boy Uganda commented, “Bobi, go to Magere [your home], leave politics.”

Victories Mass stated, “Kadingo [Bobi Wine], you embarrass yourself. There must be something personal between you and Mpuuga.”

Marc Kasirye Sekabira commented, “It is in this very country where the opposition leader talks about the same issue for two years, without doing anything else.”