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Museveni: Uganda's ex-revolutionary entering 5th decade in power

Uganda’s incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni speaks during a press conference after casting his ballot in Rwakitura on January 15, 2026 during Uganda’s 2026 general elections. [AFP]

Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive, and shows no sign of giving up his place among the world's longest-serving leaders after he won a seventh election on Saturday.

Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.

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