Uganda’s electoral commission sets final date for general election

Uganda’s electoral commission on Tuesday said that 15 January has been set as the final date for the country’s general elections.

Eighty-one-year-old President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is seeking re-election in the polls.

Now Africa’s fourth longest-ruling leader, his government has changed the constitution twice to remove age and term limits.

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