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As Ugandans prepare to go to the polls in January 2021, the involvement of security forces in the electoral process is a given and political reform seems a long way off
BIDANDI SSALI

Maintaining Museveni’s securitised state

As Ugandans prepare to go to the polls in January 2021, the involvement of security forces in the electoral process is a given and political reform seems a long way off

  • Su Muhereza
  • Eshban Kwesiga
14 min read
If Bobi Wine really has captured the imagination of Uganda’s youth, then he has demographics on his side. (AFP)
BOBI WINE

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’, upstages the real head of state

Musician-turned-MP Bobi Wine may be the most serious threat to President Yoweri Museveni’s continued stay in State House

  • Simon Allison
8 min read
Fear: Students clash with police during a protest against the motion to scrap the presidential age limit — seen as a way for Museveni to seek a sixth term as leader
FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE

Uganda rows over Museveni’s rule

As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets

  • Amy Fallon
6 min read
FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE

Uganda reels from media crackdown

Yoweri Museveni’s government has banned live coverage of the opposition’s ‘defiance campaign’.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read