Sacked Ugandan PM to challenge president for 2016 party ticket

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - A sacked former prime minister is to challenge Yoweri Museveni's three decades in power in Uganda by seeking the ruling party nomination for next year's presidential election. “Fellow Ugandans ... I will be seeking your vote, first within my party the NRM as its flag bearer, and later on in the whole country for president in the 2016 presidential elections," Mbabazi said in a statement on Monday.