Uganda: Controversial Land Bill May Cost Museveni Critical Support Base

What started as a mere controversy over the new land amendment bill tabled in the Ugandan parliament early this month, has evolved into a major row touching on the powers and privileges of the country's traditional kingdoms.

Indeed, the controversial land bill that has now drawn President Yoweri Museveni into a sticky dispute threatening to cost him influence in regions which have all along been critical support bases of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

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