"Hundreds packed the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala on Tuesday, as President Yoweri Museveni held his final campaign rally ahead of Uganda's presidential election. Footage shows supporters flooding the open-air venue, cheering and waving National Resistance Movement (NRM) flags. "He is the only president I have seen that has brought peace, tranquillity and development to the country," one supporter said. "He has given us peace that no [other] man can ever give us. He has given us wealth." "So let Museveni come back, because he has given back to the people. He has made the population powerful and rich. He has given us peace, and other reasons," he continued Chairperson of the NRM Tanzania Chapter, David Asiimwe, praised the Museveni's leadership, saying he will "preserve and shape the next generation of our country". "His leadership has been proven for the last 40 years," Asiimwe argued. "There has been a complete transformation in our GDP, an economic transformation. No one has done it in the history of our nation, except his excellency." 81-year-old Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is seeking a seventh term in office - a path made possible after Uganda's parliament abolished presidential term limits in 2005 and amended the constitution again in 2017 to remove the 75-year age cap. Campaigning closed on Tuesday as Uganda prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections on January 15, with about 21.6 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots. Soldiers have been deployed in Kampala and other cities, while mobile internet services were temporarily suspended amid government warnings over misinformation. Meanwhile, opposition leaders - including singer Bobi Wine - have faced accusations of violence, raising concerns over fairness in the political process."