The Race of His Life

"No change! no change!" as soon as they see him, the hot, sweaty crowd starts shouting, pushing to get close, trying to touch him. A sea of hands waving thumbs-up draws President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni out through the sun roof of his white Land Rover to return the victory signal. Dressed in suit and tie and wearing his trademark wide-brimmed green safari hat, he grins at the warm reception. Even in multitribal Uganda, this is not your everyday political rally. The Karamajong are colorful, usually naked cattle rustlers straight out of the pages of National Geographic magazine....

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