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    Ugandan president wants to hold the office for life, sparking protests in the streets

    by By Robyn Dixon and Barbara Among, Los Angeles Times Sep 21, 2017 4 minutes

    KAMPALA, Uganda - After more than 31 years in power, 73-year-old Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is carefully planning for the 2021 elections, determined to run for office again.

    It needs a deft manipulation: a change in the Constitution to remove the 75-year age limit for presidential candidates, but he's done that before. In 2005, Museveni's party used its majority in parliament to remove the constitutional two-term presidential limit.

    Riotous scenes in Uganda's parliament Thursday and protests in defiance of a police ban on demonstrations suggested that this time, the path might not be so smooth. Parliament deferred debate on

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