Has Uganda transitioned to “Muhoozi rule”? How Museveni’s son became the centre of power

The past weeks have perhaps been among the most intense and unsettling in Uganda in recent years. Within a remarkably short period of time, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among – until recently one of the country’s most powerful political figures – was politically brought down and placed under house arrest. Soon afterwards, former Kampala mayor... The post Has Uganda transitioned to “Muhoozi rule”? How Museveni’s son became the centre of power first appeared on Democracy in Africa.

Has Uganda transitioned to “Muhoozi rule”? How Museveni’s son became the centre of power

The past weeks have perhaps been among the most intense and unsettling in Uganda in recent years. Within a remarkably short period of time, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among – until recently one of the country’s most powerful political figures – was politically brought down and placed under house arrest. Soon afterwards, former Kampala mayor...

The post Has Uganda transitioned to “Muhoozi rule”? How Museveni’s son became the centre of power first appeared on Democracy in Africa.