Yoweri Museveni beats Bobi Wine to increase 40-year rule

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday's election extending his 4 a long time in energy by one other 5 years.

He gained 72% of the vote, the election fee introduced, in opposition to 25% for his closest challenger Bobi Wine, who has condemned what he described as "faux outcomes" and "poll stuffing".

Wine has not supplied any particulars and the authorities haven't responded to his allegations, however African Union election observers stated they noticed "no proof of poll stuffing". Wine has known as for non-violent protests.

Museveni, 81, first got here to energy as a insurgent chief in 1986 however since then has received seven elections.

The election course of was marred by violence and Wine, a 43-year-old former pop star, says that at the least 21 individuals have been killed across the nation in latest days.

The authorities have up to now confirmed seven deaths.

Saying the outcomes, electoral fee head Simon Byabakama requested supporters of each factions to embrace unity and settle for the outcomes.

Past the nationwide tallying centre, there have been minimal celebrations, with most roads within the capital, Kampala, empty and companies closed.

Nevertheless, pockets of violence have been reported in a number of neighbourhoods.

Entry to the web has been lower within the nation since Tuesday, making it onerous to confirm info.

The authorities say the blackout was obligatory to forestall misinformation, fraud and the incitement of violence - a transfer condemned by the UN human rights workplace as "deeply worrying".

Wine has demanded that the web be restored.

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Main the African Union observer mission, Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan informed journalists that "the federal government ought to chorus from the suspension of web entry" near the election.

He additionally denounced "experiences of intimidation, arrest and abductions" saying they "instilled worry and eroded public belief within the electoral course of", AFP information company experiences.

Chatting with the BBC, Wine's assistant Dan Magic alleged that safety personnel entered the opposition chief's dwelling on Thursday night time as a way to take him. It's not clear what occurred subsequent, however Magic stated that Wine's whereabouts have been unknown.

Wine had beforehand stated he was underneath home arrest. On Saturday, he posted a statement on Facebook saying he had evaded an try to seize him.

This has not been confirmed by the police however spokesman Kituuma Rusoke stated the politician's actions had been restricted as a result of his dwelling was an space of "safety curiosity".

"We've managed entry to areas that are safety hotspots," Uganda's Each day Monitor paper quoted him as saying.

"We can not permit individuals to make use of some locations to collect and trigger chaos," he stated.

Wine says he represents the youth in a rustic the place many of the inhabitants is aged underneath 30.

In the course of the marketing campaign, he promised to sort out corruption and impose sweeping reforms, whereas Museveni argued that he was the only guarantor of stability in Uganda, a rustic with a historical past of battle.

There have been six different candidates however none bought greater than 2% of the vote. Turnout was 52.5%.

The marketing campaign interval was marred by the disruption of opposition actions - safety forces have been accused of assaulting and detaining Wine's supporters.

Rusoke, the police spokesperson, dismissed these complaints, accusing opposition supporters of being disruptive.

Extra reporting by Joseph Winter and Sammy Awami in Kampala

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