Uganda, Sept. 27 -- A reader who responded to the article I wrote last week emailed me an interesting question. What, she asked me, will become of the Opposition after next year's presidential election, which many people know will be won by President Museveni? Should, she went on, the Opposition give up?
I told her that the Opposition cannot and will not give up. They will continue to exist and tell Ugandans things they already know once the election results are announced by the Electoral Commission.
The Opposition will tell Ugandans that the election was rigged. They will say that the body that organised the election is not independent. And they may even try to seek legal redress by launching a petition, which (honestly) is a complete wa...