Chaos broke out on Thursday in Kiwoza Village, Kayunga Sub-county in Kayunga District when the area Local chairperson survived being beaten by residents who accused him of ordering the playing of Bobi Wine songs during a public function attended by the Resident District Commissioner, Mariam Seguya.
The fracas ensued during the function to officially open the government-funded Nsotoka Health Centre III staff quarters building.
The colourful ceremony, which was also attended by Mr Amos Lugoloobi, the State Minister for Finance, who doubles as the area MP, started well with the master of ceremonies requesting the DJ to play Tubonga Naawe, one of President Museveni’s campaign songs.
Some of the attendees, mostly women, danced to the song as they chanted pro-National Resistance Movement (NRM) and President Museveni slogans.
However, hell broke loose when Mr Samuel Ssengendo, the Kiwoza Village chairperson, was asked to address the gathering.
Before he started his speech the youthful Ssengendo asked the DJ to play for him one of opposition leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi’s songs.
“Please play me a song by Bobi Wine so that NUP supporters and I can also dance,” Mr Ssengendo said.
Mr Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is a pop star turned opposition politician currently campaigning to unseat President Museveni, who has been in power for four decades.
The DJ heeded the LC boss’s request and played the song.
This, however, infuriated some of the attendees, including the RDC.
Hardly had Mr Ssengendo and some NUP supporters begun enjoying the song, an irate resident walked to where Mr Ssengendo was and grabbed the microphone from him.
A section of NRM supporters also shouted at the LC boss, demanding that he leave the stage.
“Go away! This is not a NUP function,” one resident shouted at the LC boss.
Mr Ssengendo later left the stage without giving his speech and sat in a tent.
Angry residents again pointed fingers at him, prompting him to accuse them of bias.
Ms Seguya condemned the LC boss for playing partisan politics at a public function.
“All these people are all yours as the area chairperson. You have survived being beaten because these people are disciplined,” the RDC said.
Ironically, Ms Sseguya, who ideally is also not supposed to be partisan by virtue of the office she holds, urged locals to support President Museveni, who is planning to retain his seat in the 2026 polls, because of the development projects, including the Health Centre, he has given them using taxpayers’ money.
A disappointed Ssengendo later left the function before it concluded.
He complained to this reporter that the ruling party supporters should allow everyone to express themselves, wondering why they (NRM supporters) had played the Tubonga Naawe song at a public function.
The development comes barely a month after Nakaseke South Member of Parliament, Paulson Luttamaguzi, was chased away from a function organised to launch emergency construction works on a section of the Kasana-Lugogo-Timuna road, which links Luwero to Nakaseke District on November 20, 2025.
For close to five months, the 12.5-kilometre road, particularly the section passing through a swamp, had been cut off after floods washed away culverts. The road is a critical route for Nakaseke farmers transporting produce to markets in Luwero town.
Luwero district controls about 400 metres of the affected section, while Nakaseke covers 600 metres.
State Minister for Luwero Triangle, Alice Kaboyo, invited leaders from both districts, including NRM candidates, to Bulawula village in Luwero district to launch the emergency works. But the event quickly morphed into a campaign rally for NRM parliamentary candidates and President Museveni, with speaker after speaker urging residents to reward the government at the ballot.
Tensions escalated when Luttamaguzi arrived as Nakaseke NRM District Chairperson Muhammad Gubya was addressing residents. His presence triggered loud protests from supporters of his rival, Charles Nsereko Basajjassubi.
Although organisers allocated Luttamaguzi a seat in the second row, Nsereko’s supporters sat on the ground, shouting and demanding his immediate removal. They accused him of ‘abusing the government and Nsereko daily on radio’ and vowed they would not tolerate him at the event.