Sobriety must prevail to stop Uganda plunging into anarchy

Uganda risks going the way Kenya did after the contested 2007 presidential election results. A contest of wills between President Yoweri Museveni and Member of Parliament for Kyadondo East constituency Robert Kyagulanyi during a by-election in Arua town has turned ugly.

It all started when the driver of the MP, popularly known as Bobi Wine, was shot dead. With one thing leading to another, President Museveni’s motorcade was stoned, an action the government blamed on Kyagulanyi, who has been critical of Museveni’s administration.