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  • The electoral commission in Uganda has announced the final result from Thursday's election, declaring incumbent President Yoweri Miss, 70.

  • The winner.

  • 76 year old is one of the world's longest serving leaders.

  • His main challenger, singer turned lawmaker Bobby Wine, is accusing Miss 70 of fabricating the results, calling the pole the most fraudulent in the history of Uganda.

  • He urged Ugandans to reject the results.

  • Theological Commission has dismissed the allegations earlier.

  • Wine and a group of journalists covering the vote said they were forced to flee from soldiers posted to the opposition candidates compound in the capital, Kampala.

  • Well, DW correspondent Julius Mogambo is on the line from Kampala now.

  • How much substance is there to these claims of vote rigging in this election?

  • Well, the allegations of malpractices in this election started even before the first ballot was customs, but they to give it perspective, I would say it stems from many months ago.

  • The opposition have repeatedly expressed their lack of confidence in the electoral commission what the wine himself has accused the chairman of being impartial on favoring the incumbent right from the election campaign.

  • So the opposition, claiming that the vote has been rigged in favor of seven is not very surprising to many Ugandans because that has happened in the previous elections.

  • However, the electoral commission has appealed to the losing party's to be tolerant.

  • They should seek redress articulated by the no.

  • And how has the incumbent?

  • How has 70 reacted to his win and the claims of vote rigging?

  • I'll start from what I've seen in the streets here in Kampala.

  • Seen groups off people supporting president?

  • Sure, um 70.

  • Celebrating their dancing in the streets and shouting Victory Slogan seven is expected to address the nation in a short moment.

  • From now you will talk to them.

  • He's expected to a 56 consecutive victory on Bob React to those who are challenging his wings.

  • But challenging his victory is the familiar territory from 70 I should say.

  • Since 1996 almost seven victories have been contested.

  • So it is likely that which of allegations brought against Museveni's win may not necessarily spoil his day.

  • So we look forward to what he will tell the nation.

  • On the other hand, opposition candidate Bobby Wine says he has security forces around his house.

  • Is he at risk?

  • What I should say that information from Bobby Wine Camp is really scanty because his supporters on ourselves, the media cannot follow him life in the past, throughout the political campaigns, Bobby Winds political activities would be streamed live on social media on it would communicate regularly on Twitter and Facebook.

  • That's not effective, as it used to be, because the Internet remain shut down.

  • I understand from a secondary source that his house was under siege on.

  • I cannot independently established some of these reports.

  • Olives in the media are reportedly say that because direction result of the election results a joke and he plans to release his own results.

  • The police have a waiver question anyone from releasing parallel results.

  • So while the opposition alleges that Mr Venus against calling their victory, as was the case in the past election, the election in the electoral commission maintain tax.

  • They should literally they should read remain Come Julius Mogambo in Kampala covering the election.

The electoral commission in Uganda has announced the final result from Thursday's election, declaring incumbent President Yoweri Miss, 70.

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