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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 …

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed that local pastoralists in the Karamoja sub-region continue grazing their livestock in the Pian Upe Game Reserve as government undertakes consultations to find a lasting solution to the long-standing conflict between herders and conservation authorities. Accompanied by First Lady Maama Janet Museveni, the President issued the directive while addressing residents of Nakapiripirit and Nabilatuk …