In today’s episode, we talked with a student activist from Uganda that leads the campaign „justice now“.
Uganda is one of those countries whose president has been in office for a very long time. Most of the population was actually born during his time in office. The average age of the population is 15 and Yoweri Museveni has been in office for 34 years.
How does that affect democracy and rule of law?
Uganda has a history of violent coups that brought presidents to power, instead of them being selected by people in elections.
In January, elections will take place, and a young music star Bobi Wine will also be in the race. He was jailed earlier this year on the day of announcing his candidacy. Does he stand a chance?
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