Uganda: A Gathering Impunity – allAfrica.com

Geopolitical transformation appears to have induced political license across Africa.

The just-concluded presidential election in Uganda was every bit as farcical as experts and commentators had feared. For the opposition, the circumstances could not have been more arduous, no thanks to the raft of measures enacted by eighty-one-year-old President Yoweri Museveni, gunning for an unprecedented seventh term of office. Combining a well-timed internet blackout with a full-on assault on independent…