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State House left with egg on face over Uganda poll

Polling agents from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party celebrate the victory of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in the concluded general elections in Kampala, Uganda, on January 16, 2021. [Reuters]

State House was yesterday forced to pull down tweets and a Facebook post congratulating Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for election victory.

The post on Facebook was deleted after the social media giant flagged it as containing misinformation.

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