KAMPALA, Feb 10, 2011 (AFP) - Egypt's turmoil may have inspired Uganda's opposition ahead of upcoming polls but President Yoweri Museveni is in little danger, thanks to the army and a dearth of cyber revolutionaries, say analysts.
Like Egypt's embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, Museveni has ruled his country for more than a quarter century and his regime has been accused of egregious corruption and of grooming his son for succession.
Uganda's perennial election runner-up Kizza Besigye has seized on Mubarak's plight to draw parallels back home, hoping a ripple effect could energise his third bid against Museveni in an election on February 18.
"I can't tell you how many of our people are following the events internationally, in Egypt and elsewhere, but ... the conditions are the same in Uganda," the opposition leader told AFP in an interview Wednesday.
He argued that Museveni's 25-year-old authoritarian rule was bringing Ugandans to their knees and that the east African nation was ripe for a revolt.Read More
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