The ‘Nearly Man’ of Ugandan Politics: Why Mukasa Mbidde keeps falling short
For more than two decades, Fred Mukasa Mbidde, the vice president of the Democratic Party, has been a familiar face on our political stage. Even in a crowd of 1,000 people, Mbidde is unmistakable. He has enhanced eye-brows, dresses smartly, speaks eloquently, is confident, and is battle-hardened. He rose through student politics as a guild…