In 2005, Uganda had a constitutional referendum that ended the “no-party” rule, allowing a return to conventional multiparty politics but also scrapped the presidential term limit. Burundi went up in flames in 2015 after President Pierre Nkurunziza forced through an interpretation of the term limit that was based on dodgy maths. RULE FOR LIFEOf the main governing parties, only CCM has a term limit for its leaders. When Uganda was shopping for a route for its oil pipeline, it was courted by both Kenya and Tanzania. Tanzania is content to have presidential term limits.

Source: Daily Nation September 13, 2017 19:30 UTC