Former Forum for Democratic Change President Kizza Besigye insists it is family rule - a monarchy.
Some say it is the usual African big-man rule. Others call it a life presidency. The president's lackeys, on their part, argue that it is democratic governance, underpinned by the 'people's' mandate. Whatever we wish to call the situation in Uganda, to have one man rule for thirty years and still counting, with no apparent plans of stepping down, is fast turning into a national embarrassment.
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