A reshuffle built around one man's survival, not the country's succession.
President Museveni on Tuesday reshuffled his Cabinet in a sweeping political reset that ended the long careers of several senior lieutenants.
Museveni's cabinet purge isn't just about aging loyalists. It's about a 79-year-old autocrat desperately trying to future-proof a system built entirely around his survival, while younger Ugandans watch their country's resources flow to cronies instead of innovation. The real tragedy isn't these ministers losing their posts; it's that Uganda's tech ambitions and economic potential remain hostage to the whims of a leader who's been in power since before the internet existed.
Museveni's cabinet purge isn't just about aging loyalists. It's about a 79-year-old autocrat desperately trying to future-proof a system built entirely around his survival, while younger Ugandans watch their country's resources flow to cronies instead of innovation. The real tragedy isn't these ministers losing their posts; it's that Uganda's tech ambitions and economic potential remain hostage to the whims of a leader who's been in power since before the internet existed.
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