The succession dominates political discourse but if Museveni stands again the economy is less able to accommodate his electoral pump-priming, Economic woes and conflicts in Uganda's restive regions are set to escalate during the year as tensions accumulate over whether President Yoweri Museveni will stand for re-election to a seventh term in 2026, when he would be 82 years old, or whether he will step aside, die, or be pushed out (AC Vol 63 No 25).