2017 as it shall be and 2016 as it was.

You are pretty safe watching the Ugandan space and making all your predictions based on what you see here.
Politics.
Yes we made it through an election of sorts which some thought better to refer to as a selection. There was a crescendo of sorts as we edged steadily to the precipice. The only difference was that this time around a podium was used to serve as trading post from which the slaves (ok civil servants) who sort to serve the country would be examined. I would watch this carefully because there is a resurgence of global race issues that will bring about an export of values in a manner never before seen. You will for example see ancient arab slave traders revived and old trades come to the surface. There will be a return of the ancients (although if you watch carefully enough you will realize that they never really left in the first place). You will come across borders and nations whose functions will be reduced to the production of commodities much like the Islands of old. Some Heads of state will be see as caretakers of massive plantation Nations.
Preachers.
As has been the case for a while now, we saw an increase in influence from the pastoral group. The same has remain silent on the presidency and the duration in office. If you want an example of the power of the church you need to visit the far east and examine the manner in which the priests in the Catholic Church in Nations like the Philippines managed political change. The election process was interesting also or really because of the participation of old school Resistance Movement People but because of the rise or involvement of a preacher/engineer...actually two. But these two were not the same as the other about four who fill stadia and can easily command a following in the tens of thousands. That we live in a religious nations is one thing. That we have the ability to harness this religious belief into a force for political change is a question for another day. In the meantime there are two or three major camps. The Christians are struggling to find a unifying body. What exists is one that unites Balokole. This group is made up of a thriving spiritual folk that still has wounds from the Amin Days. He struggled to rein them in as he attempted to deal with American Involvement and the fall out from Accusations He leveled against Israel. The Balokole at the moment are split into groups that are worried about being clustered and registered under a group that places them in the same category as NGOs and CSOs. There are fears that this kind of registrations will place the divine in the hands of the secular. Then there are traditional churches and religious groups most of which still have historical seats on the strategic seven Hills of the country. The Catholics and the Protestants and the Muslims are safe at the moment but the head of state has a penchant for bypassing them and heading straight to the source to say the Vatican or Windsor or maybe distributing air-conditioned SUVs.
Prophets.
An important office that has re-emerged and that could stall the progress of the major centers of power. Should this office seek access to the main seats of power we will see the confrontation of the ages. Think Mt. Carmel. The most important character you will find in our day would be the Shepard and his relations to his flock. For some reason the maker seems to have restricted his conversations to working men who he found in their particular trades and then helped translate their experiences into messages that would transcend time. There will be a strange encounter between a 'shepherd' and an 'embassy official' both prominent personalities.
Pastors
The previous reference to shepherd is really about Pastor.. This is the most important group. I see it come to the fore in a new way. Calling those who are functions of the five fold back into the fold. I do not celebrate the successes of the right over the left (in U.S Elections). That is not my job. Your democracy is supposed to way above all that. If you have to wait until the next election cycle to express yourself and to promote new agenda over another then there is something wrong. What this will result in will be a distortion in immigration and a drawn out war between both sides. The American people will only end up loosing. What is better or preferable is to ensure the best Education system and a major investment into citizens so that they can think and be critical and creative again.
Press.
There is going to be a force against the press that will bring about a different sense of expression. Maybe the press will be emboldened maybe some member of the core will be 'turned' the bough will break and the dam will burst. Years of watching and saying nothing will explode in prominent personalities that have graced our living rooms and it will become impossible to say nothing and remain objective. Traditional points of reference and places of vulnerability will cease as many will take up positions in political spaces blurring the lines between presenter and politician and puppet.