Elections

There has been a lot of activity in Africa over the past few months. Southern Sudan passed a referendum to become its own nation. Many African nations have had their national leaders in place for a number of years which led to protests in Tunisia, Egypt and most recently in Libya. So knowing that President Museveni was running for another term, there were questions about what might happen during the elections.

Some teams canceled their summer trips knowing that 2011 would be an election year. Many ex-pats fled the country during the week of elections. There was a lot of uncertainty during that time. I'm thankful to report that other than some small disturbances in Kampala as a result of ballot stuffing for the mayoral race, the last week has been peaceful.

Maybe it's because of the heavy military and police presence. Maybe because many of the people still support Museveni. Either way, we were blessed to be spared a violent outcome so far. However, we hear that opposition leaders are calling for protests, and we never can be sure of what will happen. Continue to pray for Uganda.