Medard Sseggona, one of Wine’s lawyers, said “any election Museveni participates in can never be a peaceful election, can never be a free and fair election”.
“We want nullification of the election. We do not want (Museveni) participating in any future election,” Sseggona said outside the Kampala courthouse where he filed the petition.
Museveni, a 76-year-old former rebel leader who has ruled since 1986, won a sixth term with about 59 percent of the vote.
Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, secured about 35 percent and slammed the vote as a sham.
Under the constitution, Wine had 15 days from the declaration of results by the electoral commission to challenge the outcome.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ugandan main opposition leader, Bobi Wine Monday filed a suit at the country’s Supreme Court, challenging in last month’s poll.
Wine party’s – National Unity Platform (NUP) lawyer, George Musisi, said his client was seeking cancellation of the results of January Presidential election in which the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni was declared as the winner.
The former guerrilla leader, who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the January 14, 2021 election, with 59 per cent of the votes, with Wine trailing behind, with 35 per cent of the total valid votes.
“We want the poll cancelled and repeated,’’ the NUP Lawyer restated.