Opposition candidate Bobi Wine and his National Unity Platform party endured another round of clashes on Tuesday in Uganda, where the popular singer and member of parliament hopes to unseat President Yoweri Museveni in January’s presidential election. Wine, MP for the Kyadondo East area in Kampala, said supporters gathered for…
Uganda is moving toward presidential elections in early 2021, with candidate nominations expected in September – a contentious process as President Yoweri Museveni, now approaching his 76th birthday and in power since 1986, is expected to seek another term. Opposition leaders in Uganda have long been targets of the ruling…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has received backing from his ruling National Resistance Movement Party to seek another presidential term when the country holds general elections in 2021. Reports of the decision followed the conclusion of NRM’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) retreat at the Chobe Safari Lodge in northwest Uganda….
Voters in Uganda support an existing age limit for presidential candidates by a wide margin, according to poll results released by Afrobarometer over the weekend. The survey teams interviewed 1,200 Ugandans in late December and early January, the Ghana-based organization said. They found that 75 percent of voters favored keeping…
The rising tide of tension in Uganda over presidential eligibility age limits spilled into and shut down the country’s parliament building on Thursday, as the discourse among ministers inside the chambers became as contentious as the heavily-guarded streets outside in Kampala. Opposition political leaders demanded to know why there was…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times