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Date:21 Jan 2016
Uganda: With change unlikely, Ugandans brace for elections
[By Simone Schlindwein (Ot)] After 30 years in power, President Museveni looks set to win next month's election. But young people still hope for change as the country braces for a potentially violent election season.
On walls, lampposts and entryways, colorful campaign posters are everywhere in Uganda's capital city Kampala. Newspapers are full of campaign speeches while on radio the elections are being hotly debated. All of this talk and commotion in this small East-African country is about the upcoming parliamentary and presidential election on February 18.
Young people are especially hopeful that they will see another president in their lifetime other than President Yoweri Museveni.
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Source: http://www.dw.com
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