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Opposition subjected to brutal campaign repression as Museveni declared President

Uganda opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine arrives to casts his ballot in Kampala on January 15, 2026. [AFP]

President Yoweri Museveni was yesterday declared the winner after trouncing seven other Presidential candidates in an election that characterised brutal campaign repression against the Opposition leaders and supporters, which included injuries, arrests and deaths.

Museveni’s closest rival pop-star turned politician Bobi Wine trailed him after managing to get 24.72 of the total votes cast while the veteran President got 71.61 per cent of the total votes from the votes cast.

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