Did Bobi Wine buy a $1.5 Million House in Canada?

A screenshot of the headline photo used by The Explorer News website of the mansion purportedly bought by Bobi Wine in Canada.

A recent article by 'The Explorer online newspaper' alleges that Ugandan opposition leader and musician Kyagulanyi Sentamu Robert, also known as "Bobi Wine," purchased a $1.5 million house in Canada using part of the National Unity Platform (NUP) fundraising money.

We have found that this article lacks credible evidence and remains unverified.

To start with, the house in question does not cost the stated $1.5Million, it actually costs $8,895,000 as listed by the The price discrepancy was the first red flag, but the more we dug into this article, the more red flags appeared.

A listing by Setheby's International Realty Canada showing the actual price of the mansion.

Why is the price important?

The price of this property is important because of how much NUP has collected so far in their ongoing fundraiser. According to the party's own records and media reports, NUP by July 2025 had collected just over 1 billion shillings ($279,789). Their projections are to collect 9 billion shillings ($2,518,109) at the end of the campaign.

This means that even if Bobi Wine cleared out all the money from the NUP fundraiser and assuming the fundraiser hit its target of 9 billion shillings, he still wouldn't be able to buy the house in Canada because it costs an equivalent of 31.8 billion Uganda shillings.

The claim, circulated widely online and cited in an article by Explorer.co.ug, suggests that Bobi Wine has acquired expensive property abroad ahead of the 2026 elections. However, an examination of the available information and prior fact checks casts significant doubt on these assertions.

Over the years, various viral claims have emerged about Bobi Wine owning luxurious mansions overseas, including in the United States. Notably, images purported to show mansions in Boston and Tampa, Florida, have been thoroughly debunked by Africa Check. Investigations revealed that the Boston address referenced was a modest townhouse listed below $1 million, while the mansion photo was a digitally manipulated image of an unrelated Florida property with no ties to Bobi Wine.

A 2021 debunked viral post that claimed that Bobi wine had bought a mansion in Boston USA.

A reverse image search of this particular house revealed that the image used for the Explorer News article was downloaded from the internet from one of the listings for the house.

Just like many fake news articles, this one too lacked any verified sources, and attributed the information to "a source that preferred anonymity" (A hallmark of disinformation articles)

Currently, there is no credible public record or reliable source confirming that Bobi Wine owns or has purchased any property in Canada. Claims regarding high-value overseas property purchases by the opposition figure have consistently lacked substantiation.

The article also cites another unnamed Political analyst observer who reportedly criticised Opposition politics as a fast track to personal wealth, another red flag.

Another red flag was the byline. The article was written by Steve Mungereza. A search on the site revealed that Mungereza only writes about politics, and most of his stories are critical of Bobi wine and the NUP

A search of his headlines from 2024 to date shows a lot of sensational headlines all against the Opposition. Some of Mungereza’s other headlines include;

• MP Semujju: A corrupt, Hypocritical Opposition Squandering Taxpayers’ Money

• Self-deception: How NUP politicians claim national popularity but fear contesting in their home districts.

• SHAME: Bobi Wine resorts to fleecing his supporters after losing gay funding

We did not find a single article by Mungereza that criticises the ruling NRM party or that reports anything positive about the opposition.

The human test

Apart from the articles authored on the Explorer website, a Google search could not find any Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn profiles for the said journalist. Although having a faceless byline is a red flag, our tests were inconclusive on whether the byline was a real person or an alias.

While Bobi Wine has travelled internationally, including visits to Canada, allegations linking him to expensive real estate investments abroad should be treated with scepticism unless supported by verifiable documents such as official property records or confirmations from trustworthy real estate sources.

The narrative of Bobi Wine’s alleged $1.5 million house purchase in Canada fits a recurring pattern of unsubstantiated rumours surrounding his property holdings abroad. Without authoritative evidence, these claims remain false and misleading.