Uganda s Yoweri Museveni overcomes Bobi Wine challenge - for now
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image captionSupporters of President Yoweri Museveni celebrated after the results were announced
The keenly contested Ugandan election that saw the country s long-standing leader defeat a former pop star was not without drama but has it heralded any change? The BBC s Patience Atuhaire reports from the capital, Kampala.
It was billed by some as an election like no other - a 38-year-old musician raised in a Kampala slum was challenging a man who first became president 35 years ago.
When Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine, first launched his presidential bid, some in President Yoweri Museveni s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) dismissed the threat.
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Uganda s leader overcomes people power - for now
The keenly contested Ugandan election that saw the country s long-standing leader defeat a former pop star was not without drama but has it heralded any change? The BBC s Patience Atuhaire reports from the capital, Kampala.
It was billed by some as an election like no other - a 38-year-old musician raised in a Kampala slum was challenging a man who first became president 35 years ago.
When Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine, first launched his presidential bid, some in President Yoweri Museveni s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) dismissed the threat.