Daily Monitor
Sunday January 17 2021
NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni addresses a gathering in Busia Town on December 1, 2020. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE.
Summary
President Museveni clinched his sixth term of office after beating 10 other opponents. If he serves the entire term, the victory will see him serve as President for a period of 40 years. Derrick Kiyonga explores how the NRM candidate managed to win.
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In 1996, when President Museveni was casting his vote in the presidential race, he sported military attire.
He asked the voters to enable him make that transformation from a military leader into a civilian president.
Mr Museveni won easily by shrugging off competition from Democratic Party’s (DP) Paul Kawanga Semogerere.