Ugandans reflect on past and future

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni came to power after his National Resistance Army seized Kampala in January 1986 at the end of a five‑year guerrilla war. Over subsequent decades, constitutional changes scrapped presidential term limits in 2005 and removed the presidential age cap in 2017, steps that analysts and rights groups say have entrenched his long rule.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni came to power after his National Resistance Army seized Kampala in January 1986 at the end of a five‑year guerrilla war. Over subsequent decades, constitutional changes scrapped presidential term limits in 2005 and removed the presidential age cap in 2017, steps that analysts and rights groups say have entrenched his long rule.