EDITORIAL: Ruling parties in Africa shouldn’t kill the opposition
Kenya Kwanza (Kenya First) coalition party supporters carry political posters prior to the closing campaign rally by the coalition's presidential candidate and Kenya's deputy president William Ruto at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 6, 2022 ahead of Kenya's general election. PHOTO | LUIS TATO | AFP
At some point during his second reign, former Ugandan president Milton Obote asked what would happen to the definition of democracy if all members of the opposition opted to join the ruling party?
The question was a direct dig at Western diplomats who had expressed misgivings about the slew of seemingly involuntary defections by legislators from the opposition Democratic Party to the ruling Uganda Peoples Congress.
