BREAKING: Museveni Wins Sixth Term In 2021 Uganda Presidential Election

As gathered by EkoHotBlog, Museveni of the National Resistance Movement, in the keenly contested election that began on Thursday and ended on Saturday, reportedly garnered over 5 million (58.64%) of the 9.9 million valid votes cast to defeat nine other contenders.

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His closest rival, Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) of National Unity Party, had 34.83% of the total votes cast 34,684 PUs across the country.

Museveni has been President of the East African country since 1986, having played a crucial role in toppling erstwhile dictator, Idi Amin Dada.

In recent years the 76 year-old Museveni has seen growing resistance against his 34-year reign, largely led by pop star cum politician, Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine.

Bobi Wine, who has lamented severe political intimidation during the build-up to Thursday’s election has recently cried foul over the excessive use of force by Ugandan authorities2 against his supporters during the course of the voting exercise, the 39-year-old former musician also decried the shut down of social media in the East African country two days to the Presidential election.