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Why Ugandans will keep their panties yellow!

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NRM will rule Elections are just round the corner and naturally that means we get to speak and talk about it more than we usually do!( does that make sense?) Posters have been raised and the media is awash with daily updates on who said what or did what for that matter! Now the current government could be the most criticized in the East African region for reasons I'd rather not get into and mainly because everybody does have a right to opinion and I am certain what influences those opinions cannot be exhausted! That said, here is why I think Ugandans(or rather the majority of them) are not willing or shall we say 'ready' to give up their yellow panties! Yoweri Museveni First off the patterns of voting are influenced by three main principles; allegiance, performance and promise! Honestly speaking very few parties in Uganda can be chosen basing on those three aspects, which is why some of the contenders are often regarded as 'jokers' unworthy of even the slightest pol