Uganda, March 7 -- In about 22 months, the Electoral Commission will preside over another general election.

On one side, will be the ruling party, its incubator, the MK movement and what remains of the traditional political parties that are in different stages of cohabitation with National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Uganda People's Congress (UPC) has the best deal and has played its cards best, likely to benefit most from the difficulties Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) found itself in last year splitting into a mainstream faction and a Katonga faction. Democratic Party (DP) is in a formal pact with NRM. The MK movement is a pressure group whose character is still transforming into either a political party affiliated with NRM or an el...