Uganda’s President elect Yoweri Museveni on Sunday said the opposition survived the January 15 presidential election only because millions of ruling party supporters failed to turn up to vote, arguing that full mobilization of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) would eliminate any meaningful political challenge.

Uganda has confirmed President Yoweri Museveni as the winner of the 2026 presidential poll, further extending his more than three-decade rule following a

President Yoweri Museveni was cruising towards a landslide re-election on Saturday, according to provisional results, as police denied opposition claims that his main challenger Bobi Wine had been arrested by soldiers.

According to EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, Museveni has so far garnered 7,643,778 votes, representing 71.88 percent of valid ballots counted. NUP’s Bobi Wine follows with 2,601,150 votes, or 24.46 percent.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of “massive ballot stuffing” and detentions by security forces.