The National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader in Uganda, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine has asked the European Union (EU) and the US government to stop funding the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) government.
According to Bobi Wine, the NRM government is using the funds to perpetuate oppression and violence against Ugandans.
“This is a message to the EU and the Americans, We are not asking you to remove the dictator, we are asking you to stop sponsoring the dictator,” he said while addressing NUP supporters at Busamaga Playgrounds in Mbale City.
He added: “This is the time to put to an end the puppets of neo-colonialism. Museveni is an agent of neo-colonialism. Museveni has turned us into slaves in our own motherland.”
Reports say the EU, in addition to medium and long-term development assistance, provides Uganda with humanitarian aid through the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) to the government.
In 2022, the EU allocated €34m (Shs135b) in humanitarian aid to Uganda. Since 2017, the EU has supported humanitarian action in Uganda with more than €240m (Shs956b) in funding.
