BEVERLY HILLS, January 16, (THEWILL) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine.
The Electoral Commission chairman, Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama. declared 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni, elected President of the republic of Uganda on Saturday.
He said turnout was 57.22 percent of the almost 18 million registered voters.
Byabakama urged the population to “remain calm and accept the outcome of these elections” while reminding those celebrating to be mindful of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Security personnel and police were out in force patrolling the capital, Kampala, on Saturday.
Wine, a singer-turned-lawmaker whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said on Friday he had video proof of voting fraud, and would share the videos as soon as internet connections were restored in the country.
Wine accused Museveni of fabricating the results and called the poll “the most fraudulent election in the history of Uganda”.
Security forces had sealed off a wide perimeter around Wine’s sprawling compound on Saturday and told international journalists they were not permitted to enter, witnesses said.
The army’s deputy spokesman, Deo Akiiki, said security officers at Wine’s house were assessing threats he could face by going out: “So they might be preventing him in the interest of his own safety.”
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