US EditionUganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 81, Wins Seventh Term as Opposition Rejects Results
- On Saturday, the Electoral Commission of Uganda declared President Yoweri Museveni the winner with 71.65% of the vote, securing another five-year term and extending his rule beyond four decades.
- Amid a pre-election internet blackout, biometric voter ID machines malfunctioned and polling officials reverted to manual registers, while the National Unity Platform alleged fraud and abductions.
- Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the opposition leader, received 24.72% of the vote and said he escaped a Friday raid, while police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said, `We have not necessarily denied people accessing him but we cannot tolerate instances where people use his residence to gather and... incite violence.`
- Bobi Wine immediately rejected the official results as fake, urging peaceful protests, while African election observers reported arrests and abductions that instilled fear amid conflicting death tolls.
- Museveni's long rule has been enabled by constitutional changes removing term and age limits, fueling speculation about Muhoozi Kainerugaba's succession amid UN human rights office concerns over the internet blackout.
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Ugandan ruler Museveni wins seventh term to extend 40-year rule
Longtime Ugandan ruler Yoweri Museveni has secured a seventh term as president, overcoming a second challenge by pop-star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, the country’s electoral authority said, in a race marred by violence and allegations of electoral interference and voter suppression. Museveni, 81, won 71.65 percent of the vote in Thursday’s election, according to the Ugandan Electoral Commission. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssenta…
Uganda’s longtime leader declared winner in disputed vote
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of presidential elections, extending his four-decade grip on power.The vote took place under a government-imposed internet blackout and was marred by reports of deadly violence and widespread intimidation.The main opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, condemned the polls and said he was in hiding after police raided his home.On Saturday, after a 48-hour wait following the election, Ugand…
The Head of State since 1986 has been declared victorious by the Electoral Commission. The election, for which observers have denounced a climate of intimidation that has "eroded public confidence", resulted in a result of 71.65 per cent of the vote for Yoweri Museveni, compared with 24.72 per cent for Bobi Wine.
Uganda's National Electoral Commission has announced that long-time President Yoweri Museveni has won a landslide victory in the election, securing a seventh five-year term, while the opposition accuses him of electoral fraud.
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