20 February, 2016
Once again the incumbent Ugandan incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of the presidential elections race by the electoral commission.
Mr Museveni's closest rival, Dr Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change, managed 3, 270, 290 votes equivalent to 35.37 per cent of the total votes cast.
After a tense campaign in which the leading opposition figure Mr Besigye was arrested several times, including being placed under house arrest, Mr Museveni was announced the winner setting him on course for a cumulative 35 years of uninterrupted rule since 1986.
Out of 15, 277, 198 voters in a political contest characterised by unprecedented delay and reports of ballot stuffing in some parts of the country, 10 million turned up. A total of 5,575,461 voters either chose to stay home or were disenfranchised as a result of the delays that marred the elections.
Dr Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential contender and the FDC candidate garnered 3,270,290 votes, representing 34.18 per cent of the total votes cast. This result is however, an improvement from 26 per cent Dr Besigye scored during the 2011 general elections.