Overview
- Electoral officials announced President Yoweri Museveni won roughly 71.65% of the vote, with Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) at about 24.7%.
- Bobi Wine rejected the result as false, alleging massive ballot stuffing and the detention of his party’s polling agents.
- Police said Wine was not under arrest and described restricted access to his residence, while his party claimed he was seized and transported by army helicopter.
- Wine’s whereabouts remained unclear as he said he escaped a raid on his home, and associates told Reuters he was free inside Uganda.
- The vote featured logistical failures, a nationwide internet blackout and reports of violence and mass detentions, with disputed death tolls and the UN citing more than 550 arrests during the campaign.