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Kampala: Police on Friday arrested Uganda's main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye and fired tear gas at his supporters as early results from the presidential election showed President Yoweri Museveni set to extend his 30-year grip on power.
While Museveni has presided over notable economic growth, critics - especially the young - accused him of not tackling corruption or creating jobs and of acting increasingly like an autocrat, and forecast the vote would be rigged.
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