Uganda Decides

Voting in the time of Corona…

Today, I’m thinking of my ex-colleagues in East African especially the BBC team, on this day of a very symbolic election in Uganda.

I went to report there on the Museveni-Besigye election in January 2011, when based in Nairobi, eye-opening work. Just before I started this blog.

A photo from my old blog:

I went to report there on the Museveni-Besigye election in January 2011, when based in Nairobi, eye-opening work. Just before I started this blog.

This year, the main opposition leader is a musician and popular singer known as Bobi Wine, 36 years old. He’s trying to beat the current president, Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986.

“Through his music, you could clearly see that he understood the social issues that young people were facing, especially young people from the ghetto,” singer and politician Bobi Wine said.

he internet has been cut off as voters cast their ballots in a hotly contested election.

Will the vote be free & fair?

The whole continent is watching…

Originally published at http://melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com.