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President Museveni has been the president of Uganda since 1986. In a country where more than 75 percent of the population is below 35 years, many have never known any other president. Lately, many youth have voiced their support of artist and member of Parliament, Bobi Wine, as someone who could bring about real change. Some have compared the situation in the country to a pressure cooker waiting to explode. But how is the situation in Uganda? And is there a future without Museveni in sight?
Bobi Wine and several other MPs were brutally arrested after a by-election in Arua in August this year and charged with treason. The reports of Wine and others being tortured while in police custody resulted in protests several places in Uganda and abroad. Why is the Ugandan government so scared of Bobi Wine?
We will talk about these issues, in addition to several other worrying developments in the country, in a conversation with Charles Onyango-Obbo, who is a Ugandan author, journalist and former editor of Mail & Guardian Africa. Onyango-Obbo is considered one of the finest journalists in Africa, and now works with his own digital media unit in Kenya.