President: I'll lock up protesters

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;02&sol;president-ill-lock-up-protesters&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni says he will jail anyone who tries to spark Egypt-style unrest in the country" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;02&sol;min-president-ill-lock-up-protesters&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni says he will jail anyone who tries to spark Egypt-style unrest in the country"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Uganda&&num;8217&semi;s president says he will jail anyone who tries to spark Egypt-style unrest in the country amid elections that are widely expected to see him extend his 25-year grip on power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There will be no Egyptian-like revolution here&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Yoweri Museveni told a news conference&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There is nobody who can use extra-constitional means to take power here&period; That is out of the question&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the run-up to the presidential polls&comma; top opposition challenger Kizza Besigye has repeatedly called the vote flawed and threatened street protests if his party&&num;8217&semi;s own tally of the results did not match up with the official outcome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Mr Museveni said he would clamp down on anyone who tried to start a revolt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We would just lock them up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;In the most humane manner possible&comma; bang them into jails and that would be the end of the story&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Museveni&comma; who seized power in 1986 as the head of a guerrilla army&comma; faces Mr Besigye and six other opponents in the run to win a five-year term&period; Mr Museveni has used a rap song to appeal to Ugandan youth&comma; too young to remember any other ruler&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The leader said he was expecting &&num;8220&semi;a big win&&num;8221&semi; at the polls&comma; citing the spread of peace and rising economic conditions as reasons for his continued popularity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He denied opposition accusations that he had been using state funds to bribe voters throughout the campaign trail&comma; insisting that despite 25 years in power he was still the best option for Uganda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;By the end of these five years Uganda will be a middle-income country and I will not allow Besigye and that crowd to mess up that plan&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Museveni said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ef90c227324">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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