EDITORIAL: As NRM marks 36 years, the party is at a moral crossroads

Dr Stella Nyanzi

Dr Stella Nyanzi. She fled Uganda with her family for sanctuary in Germany, citing a constipated political space. PHOTO | FILE

As Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), gets into celebratory mood to mark 36 years in power on January 26, the party faces a widening credibility gap between its promise of a free, liberal society and what it is actually serving Ugandans.

Three and a half decades later, the NRM is on the defensive, appears to have passed its ideological peak and is now increasingly tending towards the character of the oppressors it replaced.