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Uganda votes under internet blackout and polling delays
The Star
|January 16, 2026
UGANDANS found polling stations still not open hours after voting started yesterday, as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.
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OFFICIALS from Uganda's Electoral Commission set up a voting station amid delays in the start of voting in Kampala on January 15, during Uganda's 2026 general elections. AFP
(AFP)
Museveni, 81, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office thanks to his total control of the state and security apparatus.
The former bush fighter faces a concerted challenge from singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 43, who styles himself the “ghetto president” after his stronghold in the slums of the capital, Kampala.
There was a chaotic start, with voting still not underway in multiple areas more than two hours after polls were due to open.
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