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President Yoweri Museveni was elected to another term. Mao and Inter Party Coalition presidential candidates
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from 1988 until 1991, graduating with a law degree. He served as the president of the
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Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and member of its secretariat. Also, he helped found the Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace (
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