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Uganda's Wild 1980 Election | Uganda News
Uganda’s political landscape exploded in 1980 as the nation, still reeling from Idi Amin’s brutal rule, prepared for its first post-dictatorship elections. On September 18, 1980 — the same day they set the election date for December 10–11 — four major parties clashed: Obote’s UPC, Ssemogerere’s DP, Mayanja-Nkangi’s Conservative Party, and Museveni’s UPM. With the country in ruins and hope pinned on a new leader, the stakes were sky-high. Fast forward, Museveni’s NRM government would later extend its mandate under a new constitution, pushing their term to July 8, 1996 — a decision that echoed…
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