Singer and National Unity Platform party leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has been granted a UK Visa after a 10-year ban.
In 2014, Bobi Wine was banned from going to the UK after gay rights campaigners accused him of inciting homophobic attacks in his song lyrics. He was forced to cancel two scheduled shows in Birmingham and London where he was due to support Ugandan drama and music group the Ebonies.
The activists claimed that Bobi Wine writes songs with blatant homophobic lyrics and calls for gay people to be attacked or killed and thus allowing him to appear in public would clearly raise tensions.
Earlier this month, the UK lifted a visa ban against the singer. Since 2020, the singer has travelled to several countries in Europe except the UK. In August, he was scheduled to launch his documentary dubbed the people’s president in the UK however, he couldn’t due to the visa ban.
Bobi Wine posted on his social media handles how excited he was to visit the UK again
“I want to appreciate our legal team in the UK for the relentless fight and our NUP/People Power diaspora comrades for constantly raising our voice through protests as well as knocking on different doors,” he said shortly after the lifting of the ban.
He said; “I am very glad to inform you that the ban against me from entering the UK has finally been overturned and I will soon be visiting the UK after more than 10 years.”
“London, it’s been 10 long years!” Bobi Wine said yesterday after getting to the UK.
