Pop star Bobi Wine or Strongman ‘M7’? :: Mmegi Online

Campaigns marred by violence, an Internet crackdown and the military unleashing its might on innocent civilians. This is the sad story of Ugandans as they headed to the polls on Thursday. As you read this, a pop star by the name Bobi Wine is attempting ‘the impossible’ as he takes on ‘M7’ in what some pundits anticipate as an obvious win for East Africa’s ageing ‘dictator’. KABO RAMASIA writes

On Thursday, millions of Ugandans went to the polls to cast their vote in the presidential elections pitting longtime authoritarian, Yoweri 'M7' Museveni, against pop star Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, in an election that, if won by Museveni, would grant him a seventh term, extending his nearly 40 years of rule.

Born in 1944, the Ugandan leader often referred to as a ‘dictator’ turns 82 years old in September. Museveni rose to power in 1986, after leading a rebel movement that, with the help of Tanzania, overthrew then-President Idi Amin.

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