Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. He is either 67 or 73 years old.

Youth activists in Uganda recently attempted to throw a public birthday party for President Yoweri Museveni. They brought cake, sweets, and mangoes! By doing this, they hoped to focus attention on his disputed age. See, he claims he is 67, but they say he is actually 73. The president took offence and had them and their cake arrested.

I just love how Kampala police spokesman, Ibn Ssenkumbi, phrases his sentences!

“The cake and other gifts are with government chemists. Examination will prove to us whether these edibles were in a good condition or whether there were actually some intoxicants inside them. That cake didn’t look in a condition to be eaten by a person.”

The activists say they can prove that Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is 73 from school records and accounts from his friends. And under Ugandan law, candidates must be under 75, and the next presidential election is due in 2016. You do the math.

Ssenkumbi confirmed local media reports that it was possible the activists could be charged with “annoying the person of the president”,  but said any charges would only be decided on after the tests on the cake were finished.

[Source: Reuters]