National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential candidate and incumbent president Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni. PHOTO/FILE/NMG.
Ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party presidential candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is poised to extend his reign in power to 40 years after Electoral Commission (EC) chairman Simon Byabakama credited him 5,562,141 votes, representing 58.89% of the 9,445,184 valid votes.
The second last batch of provisional results from the Electoral Commission indicate that closest opposition challenger Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s percentage vote count had slightly dropped from to 34.62 to 34.55%, cementing Mr Museveni’s lead as per Saturday at noon.
President Museveni’s percentage vote count increased slightly from 58.83% to 58.89% with less than 9% of the vote to count.
According to EC, votes from all major traditional opposition swing territories and urban locales have been accounted for in provisional results.
Results from the national tally centre, Kyambogo, Kampala clearly show that presidency through the January 14 poll is now a mission next to impossible for the other nine candidates lined against Mr Museveni.
Constitutionally, president elect should be declared within 48 hours from the time polls closed, Thursday 4pm.
NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine casts his vote at Freedom square, Magere, January 14, 2020. Bobi Wine
trails Museveni by about 2, 183, 866 votes with just over 86% of votes in. PHOTO/FILE/ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
*The stats carried in this story are accurate as per January 16, 2021 (12:30pm Local EAT) with the final batch of provisional results set to be released by the Electoral Commission on January 16, 2021 (3pm Local EAT)