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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 81, has been sworn in for a seventh term, extending his 40-year tenure following a landslide victory in controversial January elections.

One of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, Museveni took the oath of office on Tuesday at an event at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, while being cheered by thousands of attendees.

The election in January took place amid a nationwide internet blackout and reports of intimidation and abductions of the opposition.
Museveni won 71.65 percent of the vote, according to Uganda’s Electoral Commission.
Opposition leader Bobi Wine, an entertainer whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, received 24.72 percent and said “massive” ballot stuffing had taken place.

Since taking office in 1986, Museveni has twice changed the constitution to remove term and age limits.

The former rebel leader once said Africa’s problem was leaders who overstayed their welcome.

He is credited by Ugandans with overseeing rapid economic growth and ending a period of post-independence chaos that followed the end of British colonial rule in 1962.

Museveni first came to power as a rebel leader in 1986 but since then has won seven elections.
He is among the few African leaders in power for more than 40 years. Others include Congo-Brazzaville’s Denis Sassou Nguesso, Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang and Cameroon’s Paul Biya.

In his address, Museveni said that his government would use revenue from planned oil production to grow the economy and alleviate poverty.

African leaders who attended the ceremony included Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir and Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Uganda has one of the world’s youngest populations, with the majority of the people having known no other president.
Museveni has not indicated when he intends to retire, but analysts say this is likely to be his last term.

Source: https://dailytrust.com/museveni-sworn-in-as-ugandas-president-for-7th-term

Forever President... Family heritage

Juxtapose this with colonialism!

These are the kinds of dictators that Trump likes and looks up to. He's dreaming of the 3rd term already.

This might just be our fate as Nigerians if we don’t stand up this 2027

Uganda people too gentle...such cant happen here

81 years?

Na Atiku's role model be this.

Hmmm, Africans and power. Not sure he's even doing significant things

Africa and sit tight syndrome!

How did this get to the front page for crying out loud?

Bobi wine I pity that guy

Nawa ooo, this can only happen among the black races. Senseless continent

Africa has a long way to go. Tell me what is this this old ancestor clown still doing in power? The saddest part of it is, he's not performing at all.

Boladogailese:
This might just be our fate as Nigerians if we don’t stand up this 2027

Dont worry, Baba will handover to his protege in 2031. Forget 2027

I think these African presidents should stop acting that they are running a democracy. This is more like monarchy.
Here's a list of other African presidents above 70, some of which have ruled for more than 10 years.

https://www.top5.ng/top-10-serving-african-presidents-above-70/

Na the nonsense wey yekini amoda bin wan replicate

femi4:
Uganda people too gentle...such cant happen here

All the ones dem dey do una, wetin una don do?

These colonial managers do us differently all over the continent.

Just that our own wahala different.

All of us dey inside the same problems...

SMH

Tinupoo's mentor but we will stop him...



He is not even as agile as Museveni 😏

And nobody to do the do there? Na so Paul Biya too

correctguy101:
All the ones dem dey do una, wetin una don do?

These colonial managers do us differently all over the continent.

Just that our own wahala different.

All of us dey inside the same problems...

SMH

It cant happen here..no one has done more than 2 terms whether civilian or military

Stop talking trash...and better your own life

Boladogailese:
This might just be our fate as Nigerians if we don’t stand up this 2027

These ones too go dey bash Nigeria online o

That's absolutely undemocratic!

Greedy humans just like tinubu the disaster strategist.

Lol... This is not a democracy.

This is a Dictatorship being masked by a sham of a democracy.

African youths are yet to comprehend how dire the futures of their nations have become under these corrupt old men.

By the time you guys clock 40+, you would have realised there is nothing left for you and your children, while the few resources would have been hijacked by these crooks and their children.

Teelabo:
Nawa ooo, this can only happen among the black races. Senseless continent

WILL YOU SHUT UP AND GO AND EDUCATE YOURSELF.

I GUESS ALL THE ARAB, CHINESE, NORTH KOREANS, RUSSIANS AND OTHERS WHO DON'T EVEN HOLD ELECTIONS AT ALL, AND WOULD CUT OFF YOUR HEAD IF YOU DARED CRITICISE THE GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE BLACKS, ABI?

adenigga:
Source: https://dailytrust.com/museveni-sworn-in-as-ugandas-president-for-7th-term

Donald Trump and Biden's agemate. Smh.

Baba is saying 7 is the lucky number ni

Orban of Hungary was recently kicked out after 16 years.

Trump is 80 and is surreptiously planning to do a 3rd term.

Putin of Russia and Xi of China are lifetime Presidents.

Pakistan and Egypt for years now, are being ruled by 'democrats' in Khaki.

US proxy in Occupied Palestine, even after more than a decade as PM and chips in his heart is still campaining to contest again this year.

Criminal. He will end someday

The comments here should be, is Uganda making progress economically, is not about changing government. The West that introduced democracy to us knew that it will destroy Africa.

Government A will come steal and loot

Government B will come reverse all government A policies bring all his people to come and loot

Government C enters destroy all sector borrow money and devalue currency and loot with his tribes men.

That is the democracy we practiced in Africa

Africa, their Africa.

It's well with African souls, doesn't matter if it's Nigerians, Ugandans, Cameroonians and the likes.

Ire o!