Uganda 2021: Struggling for Change
1/17/2021 Another presidential election in Uganda has been declared for Yoweri Museveni, 76, and with it the usual claims of fraud from the nation’s opposition. The Electoral Commission of Uganda has declared the elections free and fair. They have rejected all disputes put forward by opposition candidates. The President and his ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), continue to retain their hold on power but there are signs that the opposition is becoming more effective. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, 38, campaigning by his stage name Bobi Wine and elected to the Parliament in 2017, has mounted a significant effort against the incumbent, even if the Electoral Commission result of 35% for Wine is to be believed. Wine and many of his followers in his National Unity Platform (NUP) party have decried wrongdoing. Allegations of ballot stuffing, multiple votes given to voters of President Museveni and his allies, and even violence. The entire ...
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