Change in Egypt – Hope for Uganda?

People in Uganda are watching the Situation in Egypt very carefully. On February 18th Uganda is holding a national election next week and some are expecting a similar situation to break out here as it did in Egypt. Some in the Capital Kampala hope of a Change in Uganda as it happend in Egypt those days. Nearly everyone is talking about voter fraud. Today the biggest newspaper in Uganda published a donor-funded poll survey. It indicated that the current president, Yoweri Museveni, is going to lead with about 65% of the vote. Quite a few eyebrows were raised in a wait-a-minute kind of way. Because of economic and social problems and corruption in Uganda the president's popularity seem to be declining. Many religious leaders are trying to appease the people and to prevent riots. In the clip you see the Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Ramadan Mubajje. During his prayer he is calling on the people to vote and to make the right decision. Everyone is afraid of the next Friday, the day of the national Uganda election. If the president wins, many are not ready to believe that it was a fair election. But will they want to demonstrate against the re-elected president and perhaps bring violence to the country?