Uganda: Between Two Hard Choices As FDC Elects New Leader

24 November 2017
analysis

As delegates of the Forum for Democratic Change convene today to decide who of the two front-runners; Maj Gen (rtd) Mugisha Muntu and Patrick Oboi Amuriat, will be their next president, the choice appears to be between internal institutional building and transition to a new direction.

The incumbent is a former army commander and bush war veteran who walked away from Uganda's ruling establishment when it became clear that it no longer stood for the core values of democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights and good governance.

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