Overview
- With roughly 60% of ballots tallied, the election commission reports President Yoweri Museveni at about 75% and Bobi Wine near 21%, with final results expected Saturday.
- Bobi Wine’s party says security forces have surrounded his home and confined him and his wife; police counter that they are providing protection as troops and officers remain outside.
- An opposition lawmaker alleges at least ten National Unity Platform campaign workers were shot dead by soldiers, a claim not independently verified.
- Polling was beset by multi‑hour delays caused by failed biometric ID devices and missing materials, compounded by a nationwide internet shutdown ordered earlier in the week.
- The campaign and vote featured a heavy military and police presence and reports of arrests, set against Museveni’s decades in power and prior constitutional changes removing limits.