Supporters of Uganda opposition leader and NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, during the party’s final campaign rally ahead of the 2026 general elections, in Kampala on January 12, 2026. [AFP] Uganda’s presidential election, that will take place on Thursday, is shaping up as a high-stakes test of whether a country can renew itself politically without violence, fear, or manipulation. On the one side stands President Yoweri Museveni, now 81 and in power since 1986, seeking another term that would deepen an already long era of rule. On the other is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, a…
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Supporters of Uganda opposition leader and NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, during the party’s final campaign rally ahead of the 2026 general elections, in Kampala on January 12, 2026. [AFP] Uganda’s presidential election, that will take place on Thursday, is shaping up as a high-stakes test of whether a country can renew itself politically without violence, fear, or manipulation. On the one side stands President Yoweri Museveni, now 81 and in power since 1986, seeking another term that would deepen an already long era of rule. On the other is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, a…