Ugandan opposition reels from widespread repression ahead of Thursday's election

Ugandan opposition reels from widespread repression ahead of Thursday’s election
Max Bearak
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Passengers wait in a queue at a bus terminal to go to back to their villages to vote in the upcoming elections, in Kampala, Uganda, on January 12, 2021.
KAMPALA, Uganda —When Sharon Kemigisha and her husband joined a political movement growing out of this city's sprawling ghettos, they knew it might cost them their lives.
The National Unity Party, led by the reggae singer and lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi — better known by his stage name Bobi Wine — was quickly evolving into the most popular challenger that Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, had faced in 35 years in power.

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