Tag Archive: Uganda elections

Democracy, my foot

Like many other Ugandans, whatever illusions I might have had about our being a “democracy” were quashed in February. But, every now and then...

Did Besigye poke a Private Part of a ‘Leopard’ With a Sharp Ballot? What Next For Uganda?

The runner-up in Uganda’s February 18 poll, Dr. Kizza Besigye still remains under lock-down – 23 days on. Handicapped, he failed to file a...

Uganda: Marking 30 years of liberation with threats

Uganda’s most controversial election was held on December 10 and 11, 1980. While Dr. Apollo Milton Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) was declared winner, Dr....

Elections In Africa – What Counts

Uganda goes to the polls in a couple of months, Tanzania, Ivory Coast have just come back from the polls a couple of weeks...