Across EA, opposition parties continued to lose ground to incumbents
Uganda’s opposition candidate Dr Kizza Besigye at a campaign rally on November 24, 2015. In Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, the opposition is increasingly becoming insignificant as draconian rules leave them little room to manoeuvre. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
The future of opposition parties in East Africa looks bleak, with funding, governance challenges and harassment by ruling parties making it difficult for them to sell their agenda to the electorate.
In Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, the opposition is increasingly becoming insignificant as draconian rules leave them little room to manoeuvre. Even in Kenya, where the laws allow even contests, the main parties risk disintegrating should the strong personalities leading them exit the scene.
