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
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.