Bobi Wine, the main opposition candidate, accused the government of vote rigging and has called for street protests.

Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has officially declared Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the winner of the January 15 polls. According to the Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson,

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term at age 81, said Sunday that the opposition were "terrorists" who had tried to use violence to overturn results.Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72 percent from Thursday's election,

Ugandan opposition figure and musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has alleged that ballot papers were pre-ticked in favour of President Yoweri Museveni at a secret polling station in western Uganda.

President Yoweri Museveni has told the nation that his landslide victory in Uganda's election showed the dominance of his party which has governed this east African country for four decades.

Bobi Wine, the pop star-turned-politician who challenged President Yoweri Museveni, said he escaped a raid on his home. Police disputed his account.