Overview
- The electoral commission announced President Yoweri Museveni secured roughly 71% of the vote, with Bobi Wine at about 24%, extending Museveni’s four-decade rule.
- Bobi Wine said he escaped a raid on his home and is in hiding, claiming his family remains under house arrest, while police and the army denied detaining him.
- Authorities kept the internet offline for days and deployed large security forces across Kampala and other areas as results were finalized.
- African Union and regional observers reported no direct evidence of ballot stuffing but criticized intimidation, arrests, abductions, and restricted access that undermined confidence in the process.
- Voting faced delays from late delivery of materials and malfunctioning biometric kits, and officials reverted to paper rolls, with conflicting accounts of deadly violence in Butambala reported by police and an opposition MP.