UGANDA’s electoral body cleared President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election, paving the way for one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders to extend his more than three-decade rule.
Museveni, 76, fulfilled all the requirements, Electoral Commission Chairman Simon Byabakama said Monday in the capital, Kampala. Museveni plans to give details of his manifesto for another five-year term later today.
The candidacy of Museveni’s main challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, a pop star and lawmaker known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is scheduled to be announced Tuesday.
Museveni has warned that anyone breaking the peace would regret their actions as he formally started his bid for another term in office on Monday.
The 76-year-old, who is Africa’s third-longest ruling head of state, is due to face Bobi Wine, a pop star turned opposition politician, in a February vote.
“I am hearing … some people want to disturb our peace. Whoever tries will regret (it),”
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