Uganda youth vote: How Museveni keeps Bobi Wine in check

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | AFP

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Uganda is one of the youngest countries in the world, with an average age of 15.9 years. Young people aged below 30 make up about 77 per cent of the country’s population of 47 million people.

Young people have legitimate and wide-ranging grievances, from unemployment to disenfranchisement. Opportunities remain limited, with two-thirds of Ugandans working for themselves or doing family-based agricultural work.