Ugandan opposition challenging Museveni need to be reset

Ugandan opposition challenging Museveni need to be reset

A new poll, half way through the Uganda presidential campaign has provided cause for pause as the anticipated challenge to President Yoweri Museveni’s 30 year old stranglehold on power, seems to be running out of steam. Uganda’s leading daily, The New Vision newspaper, on Tuesday published a poll that showed…

Paul Busharizi

Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.

Uganda gears up for three-way presidential race

At the end of the two-day nomination process in Uganda’s capital, Kampala on Wednesday, it is clear that a three-way race for the presidency is on the cards, an unfamiliar situation that promises some tantalising outcomes. President Yoweri Museveni, the wily veteran going into his fifth presidential bid, lines up…

Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.

Uganda: stakes high ahead of 2016 polls

President Yoweri Museveni is gearing up for what is to be his fourth and possibly final run at the presidency next year, in a poll, where he will face off against an old ally and is causing investors to look warily at the small East African nation. Museveni came to…

Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.

Amama Mbabazi will not back down from presidential bid

The former Prime Minister of Uganda, Amama Mbabazi, told the BBC that he “will not back down” from his preparations for a presidential bid despite his arrest on Thursday July 9, 2015. Mbabazi was arrested when travelling to gain supporters. His daughter was also arrested at the same time as…