This would give the man. who once described leaders who overstayed their time at the helm as the root of Africa’s problems. a sixth term in office.

The endorsement for Yoweri Museveni came at a retreat meeting of top ruling party officials chaired by the 74-year-old president himself.

Last year, Uganda’s Constitutional Court upheld the scrapping of an age limit of 75 on the country’s president.

Museveni came to power at the head of a rebel army 33 years ago.

His party says it wants him stay to through 2021 and beyond to avoid a bottleneck in Uganda’s transformation 

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