The Electoral Commission in Uganda has declared incumbent Yoweri Museveni the winner of the 2021 Ugandan presidential election while Bobi Wine of the people’s power became the closest rival.
Museveni,incumbent President of the National Resistance Movement, in the heated election which started on Thursday and ended on Saturday, after two days of vote counts, garnered over 5 million (58.64%) of the 9.9 million valid votes cast to sink other nine contenders.
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.
This will be the 6th term since Museveni has been President.