Polls closed in Uganda on Thursday after a chaotic day of voting that took place under an internet blackout and with long delays caused by technical breakdowns as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40 years in power.
Some linked the problems to an internet blackout imposed by the government on Tuesday despite repeated promises not to do so.
In many areas, voting had yet to start hours after polls were due to open as biometric machines — used to verify voters’ identity — were malfunctioning and ballot boxes were undelivered
Zaidi ya watu milioni 20 wamejiandikisha kupiga kura katika nchi hiyo ya Afrika Mashariki, huku Museveni mwenye umri wa miaka 81 akitarajiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa kuendelea kutawala kwa muhula mwingine, akisaidiwa na udhibiti wake mkubwa wa vyombo vya dola na usalama baada ya zaidi ya miongo minne madarakani.
Besigye, mwenye umri wa miaka 69, ni mpinzani mkuu wa Rais Yoweri Museveni ambaye amekuwa madarakani kwa karibu miaka 40 na amewahi kushindana naye bila mafanikio katika chaguzi nne.
Uganda’s main opposition party said Wednesday its leader Bobi Wine would run in upcoming presidential elections, likely pitting the popular musician-turned-politician against President Yoweri Museveni.
Katika taarifa iliyochapishwa kwenye tovuti ya chama cha National Resistance Movement (NRM), chama hicho kilisema kuwa Museveni “amewasilisha nia ya kutetea nafasi ya Mwenyekiti wa NRM na kuwa mgombea urais wa chama katika uchaguzi wa 2026.”
Jeshi la Uganda (UPDF) limetangaza kusitisha mara moja ushirikiano wa kijeshi na Ujerumani, likimtuhumu Balozi wa Ujerumani nchini humo, Matthias Schauer, kwa kuendesha “shughuli za kihaini” ndani ya taifa hilo la Afrika Mashariki.
The Supreme Court of Uganda ruled that civilians cannot be tried in military courts, leading to the transfer of Besigye’s case to the High Court Civil Division in Kampala.
Besigye’s political journey has been marked by arrests, court battles, and relentless pursuit of democratic change.
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