Overview
- Ugandans vote on Thursday in a contest widely expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s four-decade tenure.
- Bobi Wine runs again as the main challenger, campaigning in a flak jacket as police use teargas and disrupt rallies.
- Rights groups report arrests, abductions and media intimidation, with Amnesty citing roughly 400 recent detentions of NUP supporters.
- A December attack on a Wine rally in Gulu left a 16-year-old dead, highlighting persistent pre-election violence concerns.
- Heightened security and the prominent role of army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba sharpen succession questions and fears of post-election unrest.