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Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi addresses the media after his car was shot at by police in eastern Uganda during his campaign. Photo by Sumy Sadurni/AFP via Getty Images

January 12, 2021

Social media seized the narrative in Uganda’s election. Why this was good for democracy

Geoffrey Ssenoga, Uganda Christian University

Never has a political contest in Uganda’s history been so furiously played out in the media space as the 2021 national elections.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has engineered constitutional changes that could see him rule for life. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE

June 20, 2019

How Museveni has twisted Uganda’s constitution to cling to power

Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University

The ruling National Resistance Movement has undermined Uganda’s democracy

President Yoweri Museveni has been given the legal go-ahead to run for the presidency again. Mike Hutchings/Pool/EPA

August 9, 2018

Bribery and buying favours: why Uganda’s MPs want longer terms

Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick and Justin Willis, Durham University

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been given the green light to run for another term. He should be happy, but he’s not.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a presidential campaign rally in the capital Kampala in 2016. Reuters/James Akena

November 22, 2017

After Mugabe, all eyes are on Museveni: how long can he cling to power?

Justin Willis, Durham University; Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick, and Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham

As a young radical in the 1980s, Museveni publicly scorned African rulers who clung to power. Now, after 30 years in office, he is clearly clinging pretty hard himself.

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