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January 16, 2024

Uganda’s battle for the youth vote – how Museveni keeps Bobi Wine’s reach in check

Rebecca Tapscott, University of York and Anna Macdonald, University of East Anglia

Bobi Wine’s run at the presidency in 2021 had appeared to present an unprecedented threat to Yoweri Museveni’s longstanding rule.

November 17, 2023

Luke Melchiorre, Universidad de los Andes

State security agents violently quashed protests following the 2020 arrest of musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

January 28, 2021

Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield and Paul Isolo Mukwaya, Makerere University

Museveni’s attempt to gain support in urban areas in the 2021 elections was not only about repression. But it still failed.

Tom Goodfellow
Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
Paul Isolo Mukwaya
Senior Lecturer, Makerere University
Luke Melchiorre
Associate Professor, Political Science and Global Studies, Universidad de los Andes
Rebecca Tapscott
Lecturer, University of York
Anna Macdonald
Associate Professor, Global Development, University of East Anglia