Dark clouds as Ugandans face painful ballot test

Ugandan riot policemen seize a supporter of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, in Luuka District, eastern Uganda last November. [Reuters]

Ugandans will tomorrow go to the polls to elect a president to lead the country for the next five years. Incumbent 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni will battle it out with his fierce critic Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.

The polls, whose campaigns in the capital Kampala and parts of the country have seen deadly chaos, might provide the highest hurdle yet for Museveni, the once-loved, former freedom fighter and perennial winner of presidential polls.