Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a “joke” early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead. We have certainly won the election and we’ve won it by far,” he told journalists. “The people of Uganda voted massively for change of leadership from a dictatorship to a democratic government. However election commission chief Simon Mugenyi Byabakama said the vote had gone off in a “peaceful and tranquil manner”. But Museveni, one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, has never lost an election and observers expect this time around will be no different.

Source: Daily Nation January 15, 2021 09:45 UTC