What if Museveni won the bail battle?

Most uprisings end in violence and carnage. And it’s understandable why President Museveni wants to outlaw them by muscling through Parliament legislation that would largely deny bail to suspected rioters.

A parliamentary stalemate over the proposed legislation has however turned into a nasty squabble and has whipped up plenty of emotion countrywide.

The president is having a tough time convincing his ruling NRM party MPs to support his whimsical law. He has warned that if they refuse

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