Lobby: Uganda presidential election results is a manufactured fiction

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni waves at supporters as he leaves after casting his ballot in Rwakitura on January 15, 2026 during Uganda’s 2026 general elections. [AFP]

A human rights lobby has rejected the outcome of Uganda's presidential election results, describing it as a manufactured fiction produced through what it termed a centralised, militarised process designed to entrench President Yoweri Museveni’s rule.

Speaking in Nairobi, the Pan-African Solidarity Network, alongside a coalition of civil society leaders, accused the Ugandan state of orchestrating what they called an electoral coup, stating that the announced results have no relationship to the will of Ugandan voters.