Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has rejected the results of the January 14 presidential election and has called himself the president-elect.
This is despite the Ugandan Electoral Commission announcing a wide lead for incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking a sixth term.
Bobi Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentam, is a former musician-turned politician, and the main challenger to 76-year-old Museveni.
Reacting to the polls, he told reporters in Kampala, the capital: “We secured a comfortable victory. I am very confident that we defeated the dictator by far.”
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Bobi Wine, the 38-year-old former musician-turned politician has emerged as the main challenger to 76-year-old Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.
According to the tally from the Ugandan Electoral Commission, President Museveni has 1,536,205 votes (65.02%), while Bobi Wine scored 647,146 votes (27.39%) from 8,310 polling stations.
But the 38-year-old challenger said “the people of Uganda voted massively for change of leadership from a dictatorship to a democratic government. But Mr Museveni is trying to paint a picture that he is in the lead.”
“What a joke!” he added.
