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KAMPALA, UGANDA - JANUARY 15: Bobi Wine addresses the media as security forces surround his home on January 15, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. Wine alleged that the forces beat a member of his staff shortly before the media arrived. A uniformed solider also pointed a cocked rifle at members of the media. Pop singer turned politician Bobi Wine is challenging sitting President Yoweri Museveni who is seeking his sixth term in office after 35 years in power. Bobi Wine Set to Legally Contest Uganda s 2021 Election Results
Opposition party leader, Bobi Wine, has announced that he will legally contest Uganda s 2021 election results after Yoweri Museveni won his sixth consecutive presidential term.
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Monday January 18 2021
European Union head of delegation Atilio Pacifici (left) and the head of East African Community election observer mission, Domitien Ndayizeye, at the National Tally Centre in Kyambogo, Kampala, on Friday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA.
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The EAC mission urged government to review the performance of security forces in the electoral processes and address the issues, which may have triggered use of force and accusations of bias against Opposition parties.
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As the Electoral Commission (EC) declared President Museveni winner of Thursday’s presidential elections with 58.64 per cent of the total valid votes cast, the home of his closest challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, who got 34.83 per cent of the votes, was cordoned off by security forces.