Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi has become the second Ugandan after veteran journalist cum businessman Andrew Mwenda to be named among Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers. The musician and politician known widely by his stage name, Bobi Wine has been named by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the 2019’s Top 100 Global Thinkers […]
Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi has become the second Ugandan after veteran journalist cum businessman Andrew Mwenda to be named among Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers.
The musician and politician known widely by his stage name, Bobi Wine has been named by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the 2019’s Top 100 Global Thinkers under 40 years.
Andrew Mwenda was also named on the prestigious list in 2010 for his fight for freedom of expression in Uganda.
Foreign Policy Magazine justified Bobi Wine’s presence on this year’s list with the Legislator’s Ghetto-Parliament story , rallying Uganda’s Youth against social media tax, the fight for the dignity of the poor and continued stance against the Ugandan government that got him arrested and tortured him last year in Arua, events that have made the singing politician a global brand.
Others prominent personalities named on the list are Christine Largade, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
