Speaking with CNN's Robyn Curnow, the Kyadondo East MP real name Robert Kyagulanyi said he is "seriously considering" running for president in 2021 in bid to unseat President Museveni who has been in power since 1986. Mr Museveni has changed the Uganda's constitution twice to extend his stay in office, although he has not declared his intention to contest in the next elections. Mr Kyagulanyi said dictatorships have thrived in Africa by suppressing young people, and getting young voters to the polls could help change the game. "Ugandans cannot be free unless they free themselves from military rule and lawless rule," he said. "While the world looks at my brutalization and personal oppression I know millions of people go through similar oppression or even worse in Uganda."

Source: Daily Nation February 03, 2019 05:15 UTC