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Uganda tightens screws as vote looms
Members of Bobi Wine’s presidential campaign sit during their arrest on a road as the campaign was blocked by Uganda People's Defence Forces in Kalangala district in December 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Tear gas, midnight arrests, threats and intimidation – the tactics employed every election cycle in Uganda are familiar to all who dare challenge President Yoweri Museveni's 35-year grip on power.
But even those accustomed to such heavy-handedness say the crackdown ahead of elections on January 14 is extreme, even in a country consistently ranked "not free" by democracy watchdogs.
