Uganda President Yoweri Museveni/XPresident Yoweri Museveni has taken an early lead in Uganda’s presidential election as vote tallying continues across the country, according to provisional results released by the Ugandan Electoral Commission on Friday morning. Museveni’s early lead mirrors past election patterns in which the long-serving president has performed strongly. The election is a high-stakes rematch between 43-year-old opposition leader Bobi Wine (Kyagulanyi Ssentamu) and 81-year-old incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power for four decades. Uganda’s election process came under sharp focus on Thursday after President Yoweri Museveni himself was affected by biometric verification failures that disrupted voting across the country. Election officials were forced to resort to facial recognition technology to verify the president’s identity, allowing him to vote.

Source: The Star January 16, 2026 08:40 UTC