Making the President nervous

Only President Yoweri Museveni's die-hard supporters expect him to win many votes in northern Uganda, where he is blamed for failing to end the 18-year insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army. The ruling party's bigwigs are far more concerned about signs of a swing towards the opposition candidate Kizza Besigye in traditionally pro-Museveni areas of the east.

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Yoweri Museveni, Kizza Besigye, Tito Lutwa Okello, Betty Akech, Henry Okello Oryem, Olara Otunnu, Sudan, Paul Ssemogerere, Milton Obote, Miria Obote, James Akena, Zambia

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