How to make sense of #Uganda’s 2016 #elections (and President #Museveni’s power grab)
▻http://africasacountry.com/2016/03/how-to-make-sense-of-ugandas-2016-elections-and-president-musevenis
President Yoweri Museveni came to power after a civil war in 1986 and some Ugandans had hopes this election would be different. Initially the signs weren’t good. The police regularly harassed opposition supporters. In January, Museveni refused to participate in the country’s first pre-election television debate (on domestic policy) between presidential candidates, because “such events […]