A president lacking vitamin D? Uganda's unpretentious big man

President Yoweri Museveni gestures near his herd of Acholi cattle at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, Uganda, January 16, 2022. [Reuters]

To some, he is a dictator, and mirrors what many African presidents do after they ascend to power -- they never leave. Some will change the constitution if need be and claim that is what their people want. Huh?

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is among the longest-serving African presidents (37 years). Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is the longest serving (43 years), having been in office since August 3, 1979. This writer was born a year after Museveni ousted Gen Tito Okello in 1986. He has remained on the throne ever since.