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Technical hitches and delays mar Uganda polls

Uganda’s incumbent president and National Resistance Movement presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni casts his ballot in Rwakitura, on January 15, 2026. [AFP]

The Uganda presidential elections were marred by technical hitches, mostly the failure of biometric kits, as key opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP) complained of foul play in favour of President Yoweri Museveni.

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