US EditionUganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 81, Wins Seventh Term as Opposition Rejects Results
Museveni won 71.65% of the vote amid an internet blackout and violence that included at least 10 deaths, with opposition leader Bobi Wine rejecting the results and going into hiding.
- 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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East Africa: Opposition leader Bobi Wine, in response to the results, called them "false." He claimed, among other things, that polling station officials were...
The opposition speaks of electoral fraud, but for Uganda's responsible commission, Yoweri Museveni is the clear winner of the presidential election. Challenger Bobi Wine, meanwhile, came out of hiding after a kidnapping attempt.
By Reuters Veteran President Yoweri Museveni was declared the overwhelming majority winner in Uganda's presidential election this Saturday, extending his government about a fifth decade after a feud marred by violent incidents and allegations of fraud. The result gives Museveni, 81, the decisive victory he sought to strengthen his political position while increasing speculation about his eventual succession. Uganda's Election Commission said in …
Yoweri Museveni, head of Uganda since 1986, was unsurprisingly proclaimed winner of the presidential election on Saturday, following a tainted election according to African observers of arrests and abductions that "saw fear".
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