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Uganda heads to the polls

On the final campaign day Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine's guards were arrested.

On the final campaign day Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine's guards were arrested. Mr Wine blamed the raid on President Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. We find out what the business community is hoping for from Thursday's vote, from Allan Rwakatungu, who is an entrepreneur and co-founder of payment platform Xente. And we assess the health of Uganda's economy with economist and policy analyst Ramathan Ggoobi of Makarere University Business School.
Also in the programme, it is being reported that Deutsche Bank is severing its ties with Donald Trump, following last week's violence in Washington DC. We consider the potential impact of it all on the Trump brand with Bloomberg reporter Max Abelson.
Plus, against a backdrop of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reports that China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard labour in the western region of Xinjiang, Ed Butler examines steps companies can take to ensure they maintain an ethical supply chain.

(Picture: A hand points to a Uganda election instruction poster. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Tue 12 Jan 2021 22:32GMT

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