Uganda has been very much in our prayers and minds over the last few days. The Presidential elections have been held and the result has been announced. The preparations were taking place while we were there in october/November. So many people lived in fear of the elections, as the atmosphere can change suddenly in times like these and trouble can break out so easily. Thankfully, this time, this has not been the case and the elections have been peaceful so far.
Museveni, the current President, has been re-elected. This seemed to be the way things would go, by talking to people on the streets, but the opponents have tried hard to win the presidency. Still the possibility of trouble is likely as the opposition refuse to accept the results, so please keep Uganda in your prayers. The country has enough to deal with, without having any trouble to deal with. My friends, Mark & Keren, are living in Uganda at the moment. You can catch up with the election updates on their blog here.
I received a text from the lady I stay with in the mountain village this morning saying that even though the trouble had been held off, still people had been bribed to vote for the opposing party, and the army had been deployed to oversee votes. She stated that this put a lot of people off voting. I think when we casually walk into voting booths in the UK to put our crosses in the boxes, we forget how fortunate we are to have freedom of speeach and the right to vote. For so many this is not the case!
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