Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as president on 29 January 1986. "This is not a mere change of guard, it is a fundamental change," said Museveni, after a ceremony conducted by British-born chief justice Peter Allen. Speaking to crowds of thousands outside the Ugandan parliament, the new president promised a return to democracy: "The people of Africa, the people of Uganda, are entitled to a democratic government. It is not a favour from any regime. The sovereign people must be the public, not the go

President Yoweri Museveni Speaking at the National Resistance Movement Conference July 17, 1998. During the seventy years of colonial rule in Uganda, the British did not hold elections until the end. | History of Uganda