Museveni-for-Life will mean the death of Uganda

Up to about 15 years ago, it was hard to find people, even critics of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, who thought he would seek to rule “forever.” ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH | NMG

Finally, it has come to pass in Uganda.

For many months, President Yoweri Museveni’s proxies made the case for an amendment to the Constitution to lift the 75-year age limit on the presidency, to allow him run for an eighth term (two of them unelected) in 2021.