{"id":191841,"date":"2016-02-20T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191841"},"modified":"2016-02-20T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:59:15","slug":"uganda-polls-president-museveni-declared-election-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/uganda-polls-president-museveni-declared-election-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda polls: President Museveni declared winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
Uganda’s electoral commission has announced that Yoweri Museveni has won a fifth term as president.<\/p>\n
It said that President Museveni had won 60.75% of the vote, while his main opponent Kizza Besigye had taken 35%.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”eoCHeGSSP96Oyehn15XJEwODUflDAANl”]President Museveni will now serve another five years in office, having already been in power for 30 years.<\/p>\n
EU observers have criticised the poll, saying the governing party has created an “intimidating atmosphere” and the opposition alleges vote rigging.<\/p>\n
Mr Besigye has been under house arrest since Friday on suspicion he was planning to publish his own results, breaking electoral laws, police said.<\/p>\n
The election has been marred by sporadic violence and opposition allegations of electoral fraud, with social media sites and messaging apps blocked.<\/p>\n
“Voters actively participated in the campaign events and expressed a remarkable determination while waiting for the long hours on the election day to cast their ballots,” said EU Chief Observer Eduard Kukan.<\/p>\n
“However, the [governing] National Resistance Movement’s domination of the political landscape distorted the fairness of the campaign.”<\/p>\n