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"Madness" to hold Uganda vote if virus persists - Museveni

Uganda President Yoweri at KICC in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has said it would be wrong to hold a general election due early next year if the coronavirus pandemic persists, signaling for the first time a possible postponement.

“To have elections when the virus is still there... It will be madness,” the 75-year-old Museveni, whom opponents cast as an authoritarian clinging to power, said in an interview with the local NBS Television.

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