Museveni’s next test is managing Uganda’s critical transition well
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni during the 25th Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State at the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) in Tanzania on March 7, 2026.
As President Yoweri Museveni embarks on a seventh elected term, the country finds itself confronting a defining historical moment. Few would dispute that Museveni’s tenure has been the most consequential in post-independence Uganda. Since taking power in January 1986, he has presided over the country’s longest uninterrupted period under a single leader.
When the National Resistance Movement entered Kampala in 1986, Uganda was at the worst point of decades of political upheaval, economic collapse and violent conflict.
