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Hardline measures against dissident soldiers and journalists point to government nervousness before March's elections . In power since 1986, President Yoweri Museveni will contest again, after parliament lifted the term limits on the presidency. Retired Colonel Kizza Besigye's promised return from South African exile to run against Museveni for the largest opposition group, the Forum for Democratic Change, promises a tough fight.<

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Yoweri Museveni, Kizza Besigye, Henry Tumukunde, Fred Bogere, Sudanese, John Garang, Andrew Mujuni Mwenda

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