Tag Archives: Decades

Uganda’s Closed System: How Museveni Engineered Power to Be PermanentFor nearly four decades, Uganda has been ruled by one man: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who took power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. What began as a reformist promise of democracy has hardened into one of Africa’s most entrenched political systems.Uganda today is not governed by competitive politics. It is …

By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post For nearly forty years, Uganda has lived under a system that once promised liberation but has slowly turned into a politics of fatigue. What began as a revolution against chaos became a structure built on loyalty, control, and calculated survival. The country’s story, once written in the language of hope, now reads like …