Spotlight UGANDA Issue dated 26/06/2015

Yoweri Museveni in weak position against Amama Mbabazi

President Yoweri Museveni finally cancelled at the last minute the meeting of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) central executive committee, scheduled on 19 June. Although he is at the head of this body, the ruling party's supreme decision maker, the [...] (552 words)

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