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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Uganda opposition allege election fraud as president claims victory
The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has claimed his landslide victory in the country’s elections shows his party’s strength despite the lowest voter turnout for twenty years. His main opponent, the singer turned politician Bobi Wine, has accused the authorities of ballot stuffing and says he and his supporters were harassed and intimidated by security forces.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term; opposition rejects results
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65 percent of the vote, according to official results Saturday, in an election marred by a dayslong internet shutdown and rigging claims by his youthful challenger, who rejected the outcome and called for peaceful protests. Read more...
With an Internet lockdown and a massive march of security forces, Uganda's government ensures that the presidential election runs without surprises, which is symptomatic of the intergenerational conflict in Africa.
East Africa: Opposition leader Bobi Wine, in response to the results, called them "false." He claimed, among other things, that polling station officials were...
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