Uganda’s long-serving president, Yoweri Museveni, has been officially declared the winner of the country’s latest presidential election.
The announcement was made on Saturday by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, after results from more than 50,000 polling stations across the country were fully tallied.
Vote counting began on Friday, with Museveni maintaining a clear lead from the early stages of the process.
According to the final results, Museveni secured 7,946,772 votes, representing 71.65 percent of the total ballots cast. His closest challenger, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, came in second with 2,741,238 votes, equivalent to 24.72 percent.
However, Kyagulanyi rejected the outcome, alleging that the election process had been manipulated and did not reflect the will of the people.
Voter turnout stood at 52.5 percent, with more than 11.3 million Ugandans casting their ballots out of a total of 21.6 million registered voters.