The National Unity Platform (NUP) has officially opened its Western Regional Office in Mbarara City at Independence Park, in a move the party says underscores its steady growth and resilience as Uganda’s leading opposition force.
The ceremony was presided over by NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, who was accompanied by Secretary General Lewis Rubongoya, party spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi, several Members of Parliament, and other party leaders.
In his speech, Bobi Wine revealed that the land had been purchased over a year ago.
“Fellow, citizens, today we unveil the NUP Headquarters for Western Region, located in the heart of Mbarara City at the Independence Park! We purchased this place over one year ago and embarked on constructing these offices. We’re glad that from today, our regional operations will be coordinated from here!,” he said.
In a statement, the party hailed the launch as a milestone in strengthening its grassroots operations across the country.
“Today our Western regional office has been officially opened in the heart of Mbarara City at Independence Park. A delegation of party officials led by our president in company of our serving MPs, comrades and other members of the public, witnessed the momentous occasion. This regional office will serve as our coordination point for all party operations in the western region,” NUP said.
The party further emphasized that the opening was proof of its endurance despite critics who doubted its staying power.
“In recent years skeptics had disregarded us as a ‘passing wave,’ and today we are still in the process of progressing to where we ought to be. This is a journey that we have walked together right from our humble roots in Kamwokya to the rest of the country,” the statement added.
We are very grateful to the people of Uganda who have believed in us right from the start and we will continue to demonstrate to you that even with the little resources at our disposal, we shall yield visible progress.”
This development comes as NUP marks five years since its founding. The party reflected on its achievements and resilience in a political environment it described as hostile.
In just half a decade NUP has secured 61 parliamentary seats, making it the largest opposition party in Uganda, mobilised unprecedented youth and diaspora support, endured abductions, torture, and state repression, yet continued building, established regional offices and a new headquarters in Makerere Kavule, Launched a School of Leadership to train future civic leaders and shifted national discourse toward justice, trauma awareness, and renewal.
NUP leaders said the Mbarara regional office would act as a beacon of hope for supporters across Western Uganda, strengthening coordination as the party prepares for the next election cycle.
