Museveni’s son threatens Bobi Wine after Uganda election
Uganda’s General Kainerugaba threatens opposition leader Bobi Wine and labels him an outlaw since the election results.

Uganda’s General Kainerugaba threatens opposition leader Bobi Wine and labels him an outlaw since the election results.





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Incumbent Museveni wins 76 percent support, early results show, as challenger Bobi Wine says placed under house arrest.

Poll workers are counting ballots cast in Uganda’s contentious general election. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi has more.
Results are expected within 48 hours as President Yoweri Museveni looks to extend his decades-long rule.
Tension as 81-year-old Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend four-decade rule in a country where 70% of people are under 35.
Amnesty International says internet blackout ‘especially alarming’ as election campaign ‘marred by massive repression’.
Uganda has once again shut down the internet just before the elections.

Yoweri Museveni’s main challenger is musician Bobi Wine.
The blackout comes as President Yoweri Museveni, criticised for cracking down on opponents, vies for his seventh term.
Does the main opposition candidate looking to unseat long-serving President Yoweri Museveni have any hope of winning?









