Uganda, Oct. 12 -- President Museveni has sworn a declaration to rectify his names and have them written in proper order in accordance with the law on registration of names.

The new law, Registration of Persons Regulations has placed many politicians and public leaders to rectify distortions in their name order as they risk losing nomination for 2021 elections.

Museveni joins hundreds of other Ugandans who are seeking to rearrange their names to align them with the law.

On October 6, Museveni swore a deed poll that this newspaper has seen, where he explains that he was compelled to put his names in proper order because it has been written interchangeably on several occasions over the years.

A deed poll is a legal document used to prove ...