Politics
Uganda: New poll suggests that President step down in 2016
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO/File
Retire in 2016.
This is the message a growing majority of Ugandans are telling President Museveni, a new opinion poll suggests.
The results of the poll seem to reinforce similar calls from a section of religious leaders and some leaders within the ruling NRM party, keen to see the first ever peaceful transition in the country.
The findings, however, also come out strongly against the method being used by the mainstream opposition against Mr Museveni’s rule—the walk-to-work campaign—preferred by Dr Kizza Besigye.
In the opinion poll released yesterday by Research World International (RWI), 56 percent of the respondents said Mr Museveni should not stand again in 2016 while 35 percent said he should.
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